#B8A479#B8A479

#B8A479 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.063 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A479
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 121)
HSL	hsl(41, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 34.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 0.86, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 25.03, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0046 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.063 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4944, 38.1230, 23.5215)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A479 #798DB8

analogous

#B88479 #B8A479 #ADB879

triadic

#B8A479 #79B8A4 #A479B8

tetradic

#B8A479 #79B884 #798DB8 #B879AD

square

#B8A479 #79B884 #798DB8 #B879AD

split-complementary

#B8A479 #79ADB8 #8479B8

monochromatic

#77663F #9F8854 #B8A479 #CDBFA1 #E2DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B8A479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A479

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A479	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.063 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebea0',
    500: '#b8a479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a479;
$custom-light: #cebea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.952,
    "s": 30.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72548,
    "c": 0.06277,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A479

secondary

#BAC2D3

accent

#81C761

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A479

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

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