#B08C42#B08C42

#B08C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08C42
RGB	rgb(176, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 5.16, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 44.16, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.012 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.102 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2674, 28.3814, 9.1425)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08C42 #4266B0

analogous

#B05542 #B08C42 #9DB042

triadic

#B08C42 #42B08C #8C42B0

tetradic

#B08C42 #42B055 #4266B0 #B0429D

square

#B08C42 #42B055 #4266B0 #B0429D

split-complementary

#B08C42 #429DB0 #5542B0

monochromatic

#574521 #836931 #B08C42 #C7A869 #D7C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B08C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#B08C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B08C42

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08C42	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad79',
    500: '#b08c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08c42;
$custom-light: #cbad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6591,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08C42

secondary

#8B9DC3

accent

#7DD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08C42

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

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