#B8AEA8#B8AEA8

#B8AEA8 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.014 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEA8
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(23, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(23, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 2.51, 4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 5.02, 60.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0086 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.014 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9703, 43.2901, 43.1830)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEA8 #A8B2B8

analogous

#B8A8AA #B8AEA8 #B8B6A8

triadic

#B8AEA8 #A8B8AE #AEA8B8

tetradic

#B8AEA8 #AAB8A8 #A8B2B8 #B6A8B8

square

#B8AEA8 #AAB8A8 #A8B2B8 #B6A8B8

split-complementary

#B8AEA8 #A8B8B6 #A8AAB8

monochromatic

#7E7067 #9D8F86 #B8AEA8 #D4CDCA #EFEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#B8AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEA8

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEA8	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.014 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6c1',
    500: '#b8aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aea8;
$custom-light: #cdc6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.01433,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEA8

secondary

#DCDEE0

accent

#7B9451

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEA8

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

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