#B8A8A2#B8A8A2

#B8A8A2 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.021 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A2
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(16, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 4.74, 5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 7.03, 47.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0153 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.021 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2909, 40.8050, 39.9291)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A2 #A2B2B8

analogous

#B8A2A7 #B8A8A2 #B8B3A2

triadic

#B8A8A2 #A2B8A8 #A8A2B8

tetradic

#B8A8A2 #A7B8A2 #A2B2B8 #B3A2B8

square

#B8A8A2 #A7B8A2 #A2B2B8 #B3A2B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A2 #A2B8B3 #A2A7B8

monochromatic

#7F6961 #9E887F #B8A8A2 #D2C8C5 #EDE9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B8A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.021 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1bd',
    500: '#b8a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a2;
$custom-light: #cdc1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.02054,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A2

secondary

#D8DCDE

accent

#83984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A2

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

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