#B8A474#B8A474

#B8A474 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.069 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A474
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 116)
HSL	hsl(42, 32%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 37%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 37%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 0.25, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 27.60, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0025 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.069 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1957, 38.0035, 21.9484)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A474 #7488B8

analogous

#B88274 #B8A474 #AAB874

triadic

#B8A474 #74B8A4 #A474B8

tetradic

#B8A474 #74B882 #7488B8 #B874AA

square

#B8A474 #74B882 #7488B8 #B874AA

split-complementary

#B8A474 #74AAB8 #8274B8

monochromatic

#76653C #9E8751 #B8A474 #CDBF9D #E1D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A474

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A474	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.069 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe9c',
    500: '#b8a474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a474;
$custom-light: #cebe9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 32.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A474

secondary

#B7BED1

accent

#7EC95F

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A474

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

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