#B8A487#B8A487

#B8A487 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.046 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A487
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(36, 26%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 27%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 26.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 2.73, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 17.95, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0104 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.046 77)
XYZ	xyz(37.4161, 38.4916, 28.3756)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A487 #879BB8

analogous

#B88C87 #B8A487 #B3B887

triadic

#B8A487 #87B8A4 #A487B8

tetradic

#B8A487 #87B88C #879BB8 #B887B3

square

#B8A487 #87B88C #879BB8 #B887B3

split-complementary

#B8A487 #87B3B8 #8C87B8

monochromatic

#7C6749 #A18761 #B8A487 #CFC1AD #E5DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B8A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A487

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A487	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.046 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebeaa',
    500: '#b8a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a487;
$custom-light: #cebeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 25.654,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.04645,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A487

secondary

#C4CCD6

accent

#6AA441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A487

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

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