#B8A161#B8A161

#B8A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.088 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A161
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 47.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -0.22, 36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 36.29, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0005 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.088 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6708, 36.5446, 16.5345)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A161 #6178B8

analogous

#B87661 #B8A161 #A3B861

triadic

#B8A161 #61B8A1 #A161B8

tetradic

#B8A161 #61B876 #6178B8 #B861A3

square

#B8A161 #61B876 #6178B8 #B861A3

split-complementary

#B8A161 #61A3B8 #7661B8

monochromatic

#6D5D31 #988244 #B8A161 #CBBA8B #DED3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B8A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B8A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A161

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A161	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.088 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc8f',
    500: '#b8a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a161;
$custom-light: #cfbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.138,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71494,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A161

secondary

#A8B2CD

accent

#79CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A161

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

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