#B8AE9E#B8AE9E

#B8AE9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.025 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE9E
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(37, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(37, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 0.83, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 9.53, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0045 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.025 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0743, 42.9317, 38.4640)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE9E #9EA8B8

analogous

#B8A19E #B8AE9E #B5B89E

triadic

#B8AE9E #9EB8AE #AE9EB8

tetradic

#B8AE9E #9EB8A1 #9EA8B8 #B89EB5

square

#B8AE9E #9EB8A1 #9EA8B8 #B89EB5

split-complementary

#B8AE9E #9EB5B8 #A19EB8

monochromatic

#7F725D #9E907B #B8AE9E #D2CCC1 #ECE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8AE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B8AE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE9E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE9E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.025 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6ba',
    500: '#b8ae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae9e;
$custom-light: #cdc6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.02514,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE9E

secondary

#D5D8DD

accent

#6A9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE9E

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

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