#B8A477#B8A477

#B8A477 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.065 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A477
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(42, 31%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 35%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 35.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 0.61, 26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 26.06, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0037 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.065 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3731, 38.0744, 22.8823)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A477 #778BB8

analogous

#B88477 #B8A477 #ACB877

triadic

#B8A477 #77B8A4 #A477B8

tetradic

#B8A477 #77B884 #778BB8 #B877AC

square

#B8A477 #77B884 #778BB8 #B877AC

split-complementary

#B8A477 #77ACB8 #8477B8

monochromatic

#77653E #9F8853 #B8A477 #CDBF9F #E2DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B8A477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A477

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A477	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.065 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe9e',
    500: '#b8a477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a477;
$custom-light: #cebe9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 31.401,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.06511,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A477

secondary

#B9C1D2

accent

#80C860

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A477

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

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