#B8AA9E#B8AA9E

#B8AA9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.023 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA9E
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(28, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(28, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 2.99, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 8.54, 69.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0106 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.023 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3131, 41.4091, 38.2102)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA9E #9EACB8

analogous

#B89E9F #B8AA9E #B8B79E

triadic

#B8AA9E #9EB8AA #AA9EB8

tetradic

#B8AA9E #9FB89E #9EACB8 #B79EB8

square

#B8AA9E #9FB89E #9EACB8 #B79EB8

split-complementary

#B8AA9E #9EB8B7 #9E9FB8

monochromatic

#7F6C5D #9E8B7B #B8AA9E #D2C9C1 #ECE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8AA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B8AA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA9E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA9E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.023 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3ba',
    500: '#b8aa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa9e;
$custom-light: #cdc3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.02347,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA9E

secondary

#D5D9DD

accent

#769A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA9E

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

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