#B8A199#B8A199

#B8A199 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.030 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A199
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(15, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(15, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 7.09, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 10.14, 45.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0226 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.03 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2617, 37.9810, 35.4463)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A199 #99B0B8

analogous

#B899A0 #B8A199 #B8B099

triadic

#B8A199 #99B8A1 #A199B8

tetradic

#B8A199 #A0B899 #99B0B8 #B099B8

square

#B8A199 #A0B899 #99B0B8 #B099B8

split-complementary

#B8A199 #99B8B0 #99A0B8

monochromatic

#7F6258 #9F8075 #B8A199 #D1C2BD #EAE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A199

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A199	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.030 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcb7',
    500: '#b8a199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a199;
$custom-light: #cdbcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.484,
    "s": 17.919,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.02953,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A199

secondary

#D1D9DB

accent

#879C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A199

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

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