#B8A985#B8A985

#B8A985 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.052 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A985
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(42, 26%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 28%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 27.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -0.25, 20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 20.58, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0018 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.052 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1891, 40.2607, 27.9452)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A985 #8594B8

analogous

#B89085 #B8A985 #AEB885

triadic

#B8A985 #85B8A9 #A985B8

tetradic

#B8A985 #85B890 #8594B8 #B885AE

square

#B8A985 #85B890 #8594B8 #B885AE

split-complementary

#B8A985 #85AEB8 #9085B8

monochromatic

#7B6C48 #A18E5E #B8A985 #CFC4AC #E5E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B8A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A985

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A985	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.052 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec2a8',
    500: '#b8a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a985;
$custom-light: #cec2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 26.425,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.05222,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A985

secondary

#C3C9D6

accent

#5EA541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A985

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

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