#B8A987#B8A987

#B8A987 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.050 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A987
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(42, 26%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 27%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 26.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 0.03, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 19.54, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0026 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.05 87)
XYZ	xyz(38.3285, 40.3165, 28.6798)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A987 #8796B8

analogous

#B89187 #B8A987 #AEB887

triadic

#B8A987 #87B8A9 #A987B8

tetradic

#B8A987 #87B891 #8796B8 #B887AE

square

#B8A987 #87B891 #8796B8 #B887AE

split-complementary

#B8A987 #87AEB8 #9187B8

monochromatic

#7C6C49 #A18D61 #B8A987 #CFC5AD #E5E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8A987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B8A987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A987

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A987	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.050 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec2aa',
    500: '#b8a987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a987;
$custom-light: #cec2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 25.654,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73882,
    "c": 0.04976,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.40316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A987

secondary

#C4CAD6

accent

#60A441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A987

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

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