#B8A261#B8A261

#B8A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.088 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A261
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 47.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -0.76, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 36.63, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.002 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.088 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8463, 36.8955, 16.5930)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A261 #6177B8

analogous

#B87761 #B8A261 #A2B861

triadic

#B8A261 #61B8A2 #A261B8

tetradic

#B8A261 #61B877 #6177B8 #B861A2

square

#B8A261 #61B877 #6177B8 #B861A2

split-complementary

#B8A261 #61A2B8 #7761B8

monochromatic

#6D5E31 #988344 #B8A261 #CBBB8B #DED4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B8A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A261

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A261	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.088 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd8f',
    500: '#b8a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a261;
$custom-light: #cfbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.828,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71703,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A261

secondary

#A8B1CD

accent

#77CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A261

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

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