#B8AAA5#B8AAA5

#B8AAA5 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.018 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAA5
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(16, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 4.16, 4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 6.05, 46.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.0135 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.018 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9328, 41.6570, 41.4743)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAA5 #A5B3B8

analogous

#B8A5A9 #B8AAA5 #B8B3A5

triadic

#B8AAA5 #A5B8AA #AAA5B8

tetradic

#B8AAA5 #A9B8A5 #A5B3B8 #B3A5B8

square

#B8AAA5 #A9B8A5 #A5B3B8 #B3A5B8

split-complementary

#B8AAA5 #A5B8B3 #A5A9B8

monochromatic

#7F6B64 #9D8A83 #B8AAA5 #D3CAC7 #EEEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B8AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAA5

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAA5	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.018 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3bf',
    500: '#b8aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aaa5;
$custom-light: #cdc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 11.801,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74843,
    "c": 0.01777,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAA5

secondary

#DADEDF

accent

#839650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAA5

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

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