#B8A196#B8A196

#B8A196 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.031 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A196
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(19, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(19, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 6.61, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 11.02, 53.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0214 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.031 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0170, 37.8831, 34.1578)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A196 #96ADB8

analogous

#B8969C #B8A196 #B8B296

triadic

#B8A196 #96B8A1 #A196B8

tetradic

#B8A196 #9CB896 #96ADB8 #B296B8

square

#B8A196 #9CB896 #96ADB8 #B296B8

split-complementary

#B8A196 #96B8B2 #969CB8

monochromatic

#7E6355 #9F8071 #B8A196 #D1C2BB #E9E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B8A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A196

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A196	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.031 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcb4',
    500: '#b8a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a196;
$custom-light: #cdbcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.412,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.0314,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A196

secondary

#CFD7DB

accent

#829E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A196

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

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