#B8A49D#B8A49D

#B8A49D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.026 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A49D
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 157)
HSL	hsl(16, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(16, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 6.09, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 8.76, 45.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0195 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.026 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1281, 39.1765, 37.3924)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A49D #9DB1B8

analogous

#B89DA4 #B8A49D #B8B29D

triadic

#B8A49D #9DB8A4 #A49DB8

tetradic

#B8A49D #A4B89D #9DB1B8 #B29DB8

square

#B8A49D #A4B89D #9DB1B8 #B29DB8

split-complementary

#B8A49D #9DB8B2 #9DA4B8

monochromatic

#7F655C #9E837A #B8A49D #D2C5C0 #EBE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8A49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A49D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A49D	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.026 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfb9',
    500: '#b8a49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a49d;
$custom-light: #cdbfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 15.976,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73403,
    "c": 0.02557,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A49D

secondary

#D4DADD

accent

#869A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A49D

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

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