#B8A896#B8A896

#B8A896 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.031 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A896
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(32, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(32, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 2.79, 11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 11.74, 76.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0104 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.031 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2747, 40.3985, 34.5770)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A896 #96A6B8

analogous

#B89796 #B8A896 #B7B896

triadic

#B8A896 #96B8A8 #A896B8

tetradic

#B8A896 #96B897 #96A6B8 #B896B7

square

#B8A896 #96B897 #96A6B8 #B896B7

split-complementary

#B8A896 #96B7B8 #9796B8

monochromatic

#7E6B55 #9F8A71 #B8A896 #D1C6BB #E9E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B8A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A896

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A896	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.031 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1b4',
    500: '#b8a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a896;
$custom-light: #cdc1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74033,
    "c": 0.03135,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A896

secondary

#CFD5DB

accent

#709E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A896

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

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