#B8A49F#B8A49F

#B8A49F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.025 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A49F
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 159)
HSL	hsl(12, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 13.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 6.43, 5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 8.30, 39.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0203 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.025 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3003, 39.2453, 38.2990)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A49F #9FB3B8

analogous

#B89FA7 #B8A49F #B8B19F

triadic

#B8A49F #9FB8A4 #A49FB8

tetradic

#B8A49F #A7B89F #9FB3B8 #B19FB8

square

#B8A49F #A7B89F #9FB3B8 #B19FB8

split-complementary

#B8A49F #9FB8B1 #9FA7B8

monochromatic

#7F645E #9E837C #B8A49F #D2C5C2 #ECE7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8A49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B8A49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A49F

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A49F	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.025 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfbb',
    500: '#b8a49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a49f;
$custom-light: #cdbfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 14.97,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.02459,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A49F

secondary

#D5DCDD

accent

#8A994C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A49F

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

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