#B8A6A0#B8A6A0

#B8A6A0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.023 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6A0
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 160)
HSL	hsl(15, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 5.50, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 7.76, 44.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0176 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.023 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7481, 40.0016, 38.8781)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6A0 #A0B2B8

analogous

#B8A0A6 #B8A6A0 #B8B2A0

triadic

#B8A6A0 #A0B8A6 #A6A0B8

tetradic

#B8A6A0 #A6B8A0 #A0B2B8 #B2A0B8

square

#B8A6A0 #A6B8A0 #A0B2B8 #B2A0B8

split-complementary

#B8A6A0 #A0B8B2 #A0A6B8

monochromatic

#7F675F #9E857D #B8A6A0 #D2C7C3 #ECE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B8A6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6A0

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6A0	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.023 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0bc',
    500: '#b8a6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6a0;
$custom-light: #cdc0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.02277,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6A0

secondary

#D6DCDE

accent

#86994D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6A0

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

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