#B8A396#B8A396

#B8A396 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.031 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A396
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 150)
HSL	hsl(23, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 5.52, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 11.03, 60.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0182 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.031 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3693, 38.5877, 34.2752)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A396 #96ABB8

analogous

#B8969A #B8A396 #B8B496

triadic

#B8A396 #96B8A3 #A396B8

tetradic

#B8A396 #9AB896 #96ABB8 #B496B8

square

#B8A396 #9AB896 #96ABB8 #B496B8

split-complementary

#B8A396 #96B8B4 #969AB8

monochromatic

#7E6555 #9F8371 #B8A396 #D1C3BB #E9E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B8A396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A396

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A396	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.031 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbeb4',
    500: '#b8a396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a396;
$custom-light: #cdbeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.941,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.03085,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A396

secondary

#CFD6DB

accent

#7D9E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A396

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

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