#B8A591#B8A591

#B8A591 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.036 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A591
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(31, 22%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(31, 21%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 21.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 3.65, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 13.40, 74.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.013 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.036 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3332, 39.1459, 32.3192)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A591 #91A4B8

analogous

#B89291 #B8A591 #B8B891

triadic

#B8A591 #91B8A5 #A591B8

tetradic

#B8A591 #91B892 #91A4B8 #B891B8

square

#B8A591 #91B892 #91A4B8 #B891B8

split-complementary

#B8A591 #91B8B8 #9291B8

monochromatic

#7E6851 #A0876C #B8A591 #D0C3B6 #E8E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A591

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A591	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.036 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfb1',
    500: '#b8a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a591;
$custom-light: #cdbfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.769,
    "s": 21.547,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73293,
    "c": 0.03577,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A591

secondary

#CCD2D9

accent

#72A046

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A591

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

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