#B8A262#B8A262

#B8A262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.087 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A262
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -0.66, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 36.12, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0017 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.087 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8932, 36.9143, 16.8401)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A262 #6278B8

analogous

#B87762 #B8A262 #A3B862

triadic

#B8A262 #62B8A2 #A262B8

tetradic

#B8A262 #62B877 #6278B8 #B862A3

square

#B8A262 #62B877 #6278B8 #B862A3

split-complementary

#B8A262 #62A3B8 #7762B8

monochromatic

#6E5E32 #988345 #B8A262 #CBBB8C #DED4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B8A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A262

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A262	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)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.087 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd90',
    500: '#b8a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a262;
$custom-light: #cfbd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71719,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A262

secondary

#A9B2CD

accent

#78CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A262

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

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