#B8A56D#B8A56D

#B8A56D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.077 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A56D
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 40.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -1.10, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 31.56, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.002 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.077 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9835, 38.2061, 19.9441)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A56D #6D80B8

analogous

#B8806D #B8A56D #A5B86D

triadic

#B8A56D #6DB8A5 #A56DB8

tetradic

#B8A56D #6DB880 #6D80B8 #B86DA5

square

#B8A56D #6DB880 #6D80B8 #B86DA5

split-complementary

#B8A56D #6DA5B8 #806DB8

monochromatic

#736438 #9C884C #B8A56D #CCBE96 #E0D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B8A56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A56D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A56D	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.077 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf97',
    500: '#b8a56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a56d;
$custom-light: #cebf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 34.562,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A56D

secondary

#B1B9D0

accent

#79CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A56D

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

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