#B8ACA6#B8ACA6

#B8ACA6 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.016 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ACA6
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(20, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 3.25, 4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 5.65, 54.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0108 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.016 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4020, 42.4491, 42.0815)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ACA6 #A6B2B8

analogous

#B8A6A9 #B8ACA6 #B8B5A6

triadic

#B8ACA6 #A6B8AC #ACA6B8

tetradic

#B8ACA6 #A9B8A6 #A6B2B8 #B5A6B8

square

#B8ACA6 #A9B8A6 #A6B2B8 #B5A6B8

split-complementary

#B8ACA6 #A6B8B5 #A6A9B8

monochromatic

#7F6E65 #9D8C84 #B8ACA6 #D3CCC8 #EEEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8ACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B8ACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ACA6

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ACA6	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.016 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4c0',
    500: '#b8aca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aca6;
$custom-light: #cdc4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75279,
    "c": 0.0163,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ACA6

secondary

#DADEE0

accent

#7E9550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ACA6

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

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