#B8A596#B8A596

#B8A596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.031 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A596
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(26, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 4.42, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 11.20, 66.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0151 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.031 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7272, 39.3036, 34.3945)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A596 #96A9B8

analogous

#B89698 #B8A596 #B8B696

triadic

#B8A596 #96B8A5 #A596B8

tetradic

#B8A596 #98B896 #96A9B8 #B696B8

square

#B8A596 #98B896 #96A9B8 #B696B8

split-complementary

#B8A596 #96B8B6 #9698B8

monochromatic

#7E6755 #9F8671 #B8A596 #D1C4BB #E9E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B8A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A596

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A596	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.031 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfb4',
    500: '#b8a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a596;
$custom-light: #cdbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.03073,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A596

secondary

#CFD6DB

accent

#789E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A596

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

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