#B8A298#B8A298

#B8A298 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.030 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A298
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 152)
HSL	hsl(19, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(19, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 17.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 6.38, 8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 10.35, 51.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0206 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.03 46)
XYZ	xyz(38.3549, 38.2990, 35.0717)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A298 #98AEB8

analogous

#B8989E #B8A298 #B8B298

triadic

#B8A298 #98B8A2 #A298B8

tetradic

#B8A298 #9EB898 #98AEB8 #B298B8

square

#B8A298 #9EB898 #98AEB8 #B298B8

split-complementary

#B8A298 #98B8B2 #989EB8

monochromatic

#7E6357 #9F8174 #B8A298 #D1C3BC #EAE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B8A298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A298

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A298	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.030 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdb6',
    500: '#b8a298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a298;
$custom-light: #cdbdb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 18.391,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.02964,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.38298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A298

secondary

#D1D8DB

accent

#829D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A298

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

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