#B8A697#B8A697

#B8A697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.030 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A697
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(27, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 17.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 4.04, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 10.92, 68.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0139 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.03 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9892, 39.6980, 34.8808)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A697 #97A9B8

analogous

#B89798 #B8A697 #B8B697

triadic

#B8A697 #97B8A6 #A697B8

tetradic

#B8A697 #98B897 #97A9B8 #B697B8

square

#B8A697 #98B897 #97A9B8 #B697B8

split-complementary

#B8A697 #97B8B6 #9798B8

monochromatic

#7E6856 #9F8773 #B8A697 #D1C5BB #EAE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B8A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A697

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A697	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.030 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0b5',
    500: '#b8a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a697;
$custom-light: #cdc0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 18.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73649,
    "c": 0.02985,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A697

secondary

#D0D6DB

accent

#779D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A697

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

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