#B8A397#B8A397

#B8A397 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.030 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A397
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(22, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 17.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 5.67, 9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 10.67, 57.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0186 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.03 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4502, 38.6201, 34.7011)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A397 #97ACB8

analogous

#B8979B #B8A397 #B8B397

triadic

#B8A397 #97B8A3 #A397B8

tetradic

#B8A397 #9BB897 #97ACB8 #B397B8

square

#B8A397 #9BB897 #97ACB8 #B397B8

split-complementary

#B8A397 #97B8B3 #979BB8

monochromatic

#7E6556 #9F8373 #B8A397 #D1C3BB #EAE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B8A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A397

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A397	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)

#A9A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.030 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbeb5',
    500: '#b8a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a397;
$custom-light: #cdbeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 18.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73039,
    "c": 0.03005,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A397

secondary

#D0D7DB

accent

#7E9D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A397

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

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