#B8ACA8#B8ACA8

#B8ACA8 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.015 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ACA8
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(15, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 3.59, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 5.09, 45.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0116 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.015 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5868, 42.5231, 43.0552)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ACA8 #A8B4B8

analogous

#B8A8AC #B8ACA8 #B8B4A8

triadic

#B8ACA8 #A8B8AC #ACA8B8

tetradic

#B8ACA8 #ACB8A8 #A8B4B8 #B4A8B8

square

#B8ACA8 #ACB8A8 #A8B4B8 #B4A8B8

split-complementary

#B8ACA8 #A8B8B4 #A8ACB8

monochromatic

#7E6D67 #9D8C86 #B8ACA8 #D4CCCA #EFECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B8ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ACA8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ACA8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.015 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4c1',
    500: '#b8aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aca8;
$custom-light: #cdc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75335,
    "c": 0.01502,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ACA8

secondary

#DCDFE0

accent

#839451

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ACA8

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

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