#B09255#B09255

#B09255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.087 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09255
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 3.40, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 36.48, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0093 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.087 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8243, 30.4453, 12.8982)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09255 #5573B0

analogous

#B06455 #B09255 #A0B055

triadic

#B09255 #55B092 #9255B0

tetradic

#B09255 #55B064 #5573B0 #B055A0

square

#B09255 #55B064 #5573B0 #B055A0

split-complementary

#B09255 #55A0B0 #6455B0

monochromatic

#5F4E2C #88703F #B09255 #C3AD7F #D7C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B09255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#B09255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09255

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09255	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.087 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab186',
    500: '#b09255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09255;
$custom-light: #cab186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.22,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67403,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09255

secondary

#9CAAC5

accent

#81CD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5EF

border

#D2CFCA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09255

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

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