#B8A36D#B8A36D

#B8A36D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.076 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A36D
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(43, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 40.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -0.03, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 30.86, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0012 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.076 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6255, 37.4902, 19.8248)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A36D #6D82B8

analogous

#B87E6D #B8A36D #A7B86D

triadic

#B8A36D #6DB8A3 #A36DB8

tetradic

#B8A36D #6DB87E #6D82B8 #B86DA7

square

#B8A36D #6DB87E #6D82B8 #B86DA7

split-complementary

#B8A36D #6DA7B8 #7E6DB8

monochromatic

#736238 #9C864C #B8A36D #CCBD96 #E0D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B8A36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A36D

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A36D	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.076 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe97',
    500: '#b8a36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a36d;
$custom-light: #cebe97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 34.562,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72112,
    "c": 0.07588,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A36D

secondary

#B1BAD0

accent

#7CCB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A36D

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

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