#B8A686#B8A686

#B8A686 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.049 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A686
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 134)
HSL	hsl(38, 26%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 27%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 27.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 1.51, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 19.04, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0069 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.049 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7068, 39.1851, 28.1268)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A686 #8698B8

analogous

#B88D86 #B8A686 #B1B886

triadic

#B8A686 #86B8A6 #A686B8

tetradic

#B8A686 #86B88D #8698B8 #B886B1

square

#B8A686 #86B88D #8698B8 #B886B1

split-complementary

#B8A686 #86B1B8 #8D86B8

monochromatic

#7B6948 #A18A5F #B8A686 #CFC2AD #E5DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8A686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A686

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A686	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)

#AEA584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.049 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec0a9',
    500: '#b8a686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a686;
$custom-light: #cec0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 26.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73238,
    "c": 0.04878,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A686

secondary

#C4CAD6

accent

#65A541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A686

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

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