#B8A696#B8A696

#B8A696 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.031 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A696
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(28, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 3.88, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 11.34, 70.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0135 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.031 64)
XYZ	xyz(38.9083, 39.6657, 34.4549)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A696 #96A8B8

analogous

#B89697 #B8A696 #B8B796

triadic

#B8A696 #96B8A6 #A696B8

tetradic

#B8A696 #97B896 #96A8B8 #B796B8

square

#B8A696 #97B896 #96A8B8 #B796B8

split-complementary

#B8A696 #96B8B7 #9697B8

monochromatic

#7E6955 #9F8771 #B8A696 #D1C5BB #E9E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B8A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A696

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A696	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.031 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0b4',
    500: '#b8a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a696;
$custom-light: #cdc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.03084,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.39665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A696

secondary

#CFD5DB

accent

#759E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A696

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

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