#B8A296#B8A296

#B8A296 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.031 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A296
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(21, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 6.06, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 11.01, 56.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0198 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.031 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1924, 38.2340, 34.2163)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A296 #96ACB8

analogous

#B8969B #B8A296 #B8B396

triadic

#B8A296 #96B8A2 #A296B8

tetradic

#B8A296 #9BB896 #96ACB8 #B396B8

square

#B8A296 #9BB896 #96ACB8 #B396B8

split-complementary

#B8A296 #96B8B3 #969BB8

monochromatic

#7E6455 #9F8271 #B8A296 #D1C2BB #E9E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B8A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A296

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A296	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.031 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdb4',
    500: '#b8a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a296;
$custom-light: #cdbdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.03108,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A296

secondary

#CFD7DB

accent

#7F9E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A296

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

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