#B8A498#B8A498

#B8A498 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.029 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A498
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(23, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 17.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 5.29, 8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 10.34, 59.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0175 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.029 53)
XYZ	xyz(38.7100, 39.0092, 35.1900)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A498 #98ACB8

analogous

#B8989C #B8A498 #B8B498

triadic

#B8A498 #98B8A4 #A498B8

tetradic

#B8A498 #9CB898 #98ACB8 #B498B8

square

#B8A498 #9CB898 #98ACB8 #B498B8

split-complementary

#B8A498 #98B8B4 #989CB8

monochromatic

#7E6657 #9F8474 #B8A498 #D1C4BC #EAE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B8A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A498

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A498	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.029 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfb6',
    500: '#b8a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a498;
$custom-light: #cdbfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 18.391,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73268,
    "c": 0.02903,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.39008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A498

secondary

#D1D7DB

accent

#7D9D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A498

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

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