#B8A173#B8A173

#B8A173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.068 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A173
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(40, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 37.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 1.75, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 27.13, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0068 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.068 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6073, 36.9193, 21.4668)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A173 #738AB8

analogous

#B87E73 #B8A173 #ACB873

triadic

#B8A173 #73B8A1 #A173B8

tetradic

#B8A173 #73B87E #738AB8 #B873AC

square

#B8A173 #73B87E #738AB8 #B873AC

split-complementary

#B8A173 #73ACB8 #7E73B8

monochromatic

#75623B #9E8450 #B8A173 #CDBC9C #E1D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B8A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A173

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A173	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.068 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc9b',
    500: '#b8a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a173;
$custom-light: #cebc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 32.701,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.06763,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A173

secondary

#B6BFD1

accent

#82C95F

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A173

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

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