#B8A8A0#B8A8A0

#B8A8A0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.022 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A0
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(20, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 4.41, 6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 7.62, 54.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0145 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.022 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1145, 40.7344, 39.0002)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A0 #A0B0B8

analogous

#B8A0A4 #B8A8A0 #B8B4A0

triadic

#B8A8A0 #A0B8A8 #A8A0B8

tetradic

#B8A8A0 #A4B8A0 #A0B0B8 #B4A0B8

square

#B8A8A0 #A4B8A0 #A0B0B8 #B4A0B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A0 #A0B8B4 #A0A4B8

monochromatic

#7F695F #9E887D #B8A8A0 #D2C8C3 #ECE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A0

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A0	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.022 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1bc',
    500: '#b8a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a0;
$custom-light: #cdc1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74297,
    "c": 0.02187,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A0

secondary

#D6DBDE

accent

#7F994D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A0

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

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