#B79C8E#B79C8E

#B79C8E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.038 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C8E
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(20, 22%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 22%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 22.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 7.74, 11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 13.47, 54.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0248 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.038 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2996, 35.7984, 30.5836)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C8E #8EA9B7

analogous

#B78E94 #B79C8E #B7B08E

triadic

#B79C8E #8EB79C #9C8EB7

tetradic

#B79C8E #94B78E #8EA9B7 #B08EB7

square

#B79C8E #94B78E #8EA9B7 #B08EB7

split-complementary

#B79C8E #8EB7B0 #8E94B7

monochromatic

#7C5E4F #9F7B69 #B79C8E #CFBDB3 #E7DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B79C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B79C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C8E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C8E	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.038 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9af',
    500: '#b79c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c8e;
$custom-light: #cdb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.488,
    "s": 22.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C8E

secondary

#C9D3D8

accent

#81A145

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C8E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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