#B9ACA0#B9ACA0

#B9ACA0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.023 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ACA0
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(29, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(29, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 13.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 2.61, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 8.27, 71.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0095 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.023 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1048, 42.3581, 39.2614)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ACA0 #A0ADB9

analogous

#B9A0A0 #B9ACA0 #B9B9A0

triadic

#B9ACA0 #A0B9AC #ACA0B9

tetradic

#B9ACA0 #A0B9A0 #A0ADB9 #B9A0B9

square

#B9ACA0 #A0B9A0 #A0ADB9 #B9A0B9

split-complementary

#B9ACA0 #A0B9B9 #A0A0B9

monochromatic

#806F5E #9F8D7D #B9ACA0 #D3CBC3 #EDEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B9ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ACA0

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ACA0	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.023 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4bc',
    500: '#b9aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aca0;
$custom-light: #cec4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.8,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75202,
    "c": 0.02262,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ACA0

secondary

#D7DBDE

accent

#74994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ACA0

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

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