#B8A49E#B8A49E

#B8A49E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.025 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A49E
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(14, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(14, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 6.26, 5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 8.51, 42.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0199 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.025 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2139, 39.2108, 37.8438)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A49E #9EB2B8

analogous

#B89EA5 #B8A49E #B8B19E

triadic

#B8A49E #9EB8A4 #A49EB8

tetradic

#B8A49E #A5B89E #9EB2B8 #B19EB8

square

#B8A49E #A5B89E #9EB2B8 #B19EB8

split-complementary

#B8A49E #9EB8B1 #9EA5B8

monochromatic

#7F655D #9E837B #B8A49E #D2C5C1 #ECE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A49E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A49E	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)

#A8A69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.025 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfba',
    500: '#b8a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a49e;
$custom-light: #cdbfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.02505,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A49E

secondary

#D5DBDD

accent

#889A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A49E

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

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