#B8A699#B8A699

#B8A699 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.028 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A699
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(25, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(25, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 4.35, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 10.09, 64.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0148 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.028 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1530, 39.7636, 35.7434)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A699 #99ABB8

analogous

#B8999B #B8A699 #B8B599

triadic

#B8A699 #99B8A6 #A699B8

tetradic

#B8A699 #9BB899 #99ABB8 #B599B8

square

#B8A699 #9BB899 #99ABB8 #B599B8

split-complementary

#B8A699 #99B8B5 #999BB8

monochromatic

#7F6858 #9F8775 #B8A699 #D1C5BD #EAE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B8A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A699

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A699	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.028 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0b7',
    500: '#b8a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a699;
$custom-light: #cdc0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.161,
    "s": 17.919,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.02796,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A699

secondary

#D1D7DB

accent

#799C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A699

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

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