#B8A899#B8A899

#B8A899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.028 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A899
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(29, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(29, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 3.27, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 10.37, 71.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0117 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.028 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5193, 40.4963, 35.8656)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A899 #99A9B8

analogous

#B89999 #B8A899 #B8B799

triadic

#B8A899 #99B8A8 #A899B8

tetradic

#B8A899 #99B899 #99A9B8 #B799B8

square

#B8A899 #99B899 #99A9B8 #B799B8

split-complementary

#B8A899 #99B8B7 #9999B8

monochromatic

#7F6B58 #9F8975 #B8A899 #D1C7BD #EAE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B8A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A899

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A899	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.028 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1b7',
    500: '#b8a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a899;
$custom-light: #cdc1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.032,
    "s": 17.919,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.02816,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A899

secondary

#D1D7DB

accent

#749C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A899

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

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