#B8A8A1#B8A8A1

#B8A8A1 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.021 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A1
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(18, 14%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 4.57, 5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 7.31, 51.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0149 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.021 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2024, 40.7696, 39.4628)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A1 #A1B1B8

analogous

#B8A1A5 #B8A8A1 #B8B3A1

triadic

#B8A8A1 #A1B8A8 #A8A1B8

tetradic

#B8A8A1 #A5B8A1 #A1B1B8 #B3A1B8

square

#B8A8A1 #A5B8A1 #A1B1B8 #B3A1B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A1 #A1B8B3 #A1A5B8

monochromatic

#7F6960 #9E887E #B8A8A1 #D2C8C4 #EDE9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8A8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A1

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A1	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#ACA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ACA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.021 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1bc',
    500: '#b8a8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a1;
$custom-light: #cdc1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.261,
    "s": 13.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.02117,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A1

secondary

#D7DCDE

accent

#81984D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A1

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

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