#B8A889#B8A889

#B8A889 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.047 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A889
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 137)
HSL	hsl(40, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 26%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 25.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 0.85, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 18.17, 87.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.005 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.047 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2854, 40.0028, 29.3666)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A889 #8999B8

analogous

#B89089 #B8A889 #B1B889

triadic

#B8A889 #89B8A8 #A889B8

tetradic

#B8A889 #89B890 #8999B8 #B889B1

square

#B8A889 #89B890 #8999B8 #B889B1

split-complementary

#B8A889 #89B1B8 #9089B8

monochromatic

#7C6B4B #A18C63 #B8A889 #CFC4AF #E6E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B8A889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A889

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A889	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)

#B0A787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.047 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1ab',
    500: '#b8a889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a889;
$custom-light: #cdc1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 24.868,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.04656,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A889

secondary

#C6CCD7

accent

#63A342

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A889

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

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