#B8A481#B8A481

#B8A481 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.053 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A481
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(38, 28%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 30%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 29.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 1.91, 20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 20.95, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0079 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.053 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0055, 38.3274, 26.2132)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A481 #8195B8

analogous

#B88981 #B8A481 #B1B881

triadic

#B8A481 #81B8A4 #A481B8

tetradic

#B8A481 #81B889 #8195B8 #B881B1

square

#B8A481 #81B889 #8195B8 #B881B1

split-complementary

#B8A481 #81B1B8 #8981B8

monochromatic

#7A6745 #A1875B #B8A481 #CEC0A8 #E4DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B8A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A481

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A481	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.053 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebea5',
    500: '#b8a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a481;
$custom-light: #cebea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 27.919,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72715,
    "c": 0.0534,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A481

secondary

#C0C8D5

accent

#65A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A481

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

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