HEX atlas value

#B0A999

#B0A999 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Greige. RGB 176, 169, 153, HSL 42° 13% 65%, luminance 0.3991; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm muted earth-tone

#B0A999 Sample readable text

HEX #B0A999

RGB rgb(176, 169, 153)

HSL hsl(42 13% 65%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 13, 31)

Luminance 0.3991

Contrast Black 8.98:1White 2.34:1

CSS

--color-b0a999: #B0A999;
.background-b0a999 { background-color: #B0A999; }
.text-b0a999 { color: #B0A999; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B0A999

#B0A999 is classified as a warm orange value with muted and earth tone visual character. #B0A999 is visually closest to Greige, a named orange color with HEX #B0A999.

The RGB channels are 176, 169, and 153, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 42deg with 13% saturation and 65% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3991, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.98:1AA Pass

White text2.34:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B0A999 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.98:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.34:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D9D6CE#D9D6CE · #000000 text · best 14.46:1 #C5B287#C5B287 · #000000 text · best 10.09:1 #ADB19A#ADB19A · #000000 text · best 9.53:1 Mushroom#B7A99A · #000000 text · best 9.16:1 Sage Gray#B2AC88 · #000000 text · best 9.15:1

Generated Palette

Greige#B0A999

#9AA1B1#9AA1B1

#B19F9A#B19F9A

#ADB19A#ADB19A

#D9D6CE#D9D6CE

#877E68#877E68

Color Harmonies

#9AA1B1#9AA1B1

#B19F9A#B19F9A

#ADB19A#ADB19A

#9AB1AA#9AB1AA

#AA9AB1#AA9AB1

Variants

#D9D6CE#D9D6CE

#877E68#877E68

#C5B287#C5B287

#A6A6A6#A6A6A6

#E6E6E6#E6E6E6

#FFD675#FFD675

Nearest Named Colors

Greige#B0A999

Mushroom#B7A99A

Cement#A5A391

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Dark Gray#A9A9A9

Luminance0.3991

Black text8.98:1AA Pass

White text2.34:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B0A999","rgb":[176,169,153],"hsl":[42,13,65],"cmyk":[0,4,13,31],"luminance":0.3991,"contrast":{"black":8.98,"white":2.34}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.98,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.34,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D9D6CE","hex":"#D9D6CE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.46,"contrastWhite":1.45,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C5B287","hex":"#C5B287","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.09,"contrastWhite":2.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ADB19A","hex":"#ADB19A","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.53,"contrastWhite":2.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.16,"contrastWhite":2.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.15,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","muted","earth tone","muted orange","earth tone orange","Greige adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b0a999.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mushroom.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#9AA1B1","analogous":["#B19F9A","#ADB19A"],"triadic":["#9AB1AA","#AA9AB1"],"tetradic":["#9AB19F","#9AA1B1","#B19AAD"],"splitComplementary":["#9AADB1","#9F9AB1"],"monochromatic":["#D9D6CE","#B0A999","#877E68"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D9D6CE","dark":"#877E68","saturated":"#C5B287","desaturated":"#A6A6A6","pastel":"#E6E6E6","neon":"#FFD675"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":0},{"slug":"mushroom","name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","distance":7.0710678118654755},{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","distance":14.866068747318506},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":17.378147196982766},{"slug":"dark-gray","name":"Dark Gray","hex":"#A9A9A9","distance":17.46424919657298}]

#B0A999

CSS

About #B0A999

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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