#B8A162#B8A162

#B8A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.087 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A162
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -0.12, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 35.78, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0001 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.087 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7177, 36.5634, 16.7816)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A162 #6279B8

analogous

#B87662 #B8A162 #A4B862

triadic

#B8A162 #62B8A1 #A162B8

tetradic

#B8A162 #62B876 #6279B8 #B862A4

square

#B8A162 #62B876 #6279B8 #B862A4

split-complementary

#B8A162 #62A4B8 #7662B8

monochromatic

#6E5E32 #988245 #B8A162 #CBBA8C #DED3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B8A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B8A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A162

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A162	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)

#AE9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.087 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc90',
    500: '#b8a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a162;
$custom-light: #cfbc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.953,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7151,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A162

secondary

#A9B3CD

accent

#79CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A162

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

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