#B09259#B09259

#B09259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.083 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09259
RGB	rgb(176, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 3.78, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 34.49, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0108 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.083 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9877, 30.5107, 13.7589)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09259 #5977B0

analogous

#B06759 #B09259 #A3B059

triadic

#B09259 #59B092 #9259B0

tetradic

#B09259 #59B067 #5977B0 #B059A3

square

#B09259 #59B067 #5977B0 #B059A3

split-complementary

#B09259 #59A3B0 #6759B0

monochromatic

#614F2E #8A7142 #B09259 #C4AD82 #D7C8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B09259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#B09259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09259

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09259	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7995B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.083 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b189',
    500: '#b09259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09259;
$custom-light: #c9b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67465,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09259

secondary

#9FACC5

accent

#83CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5F0

border

#D2CFCB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09259

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

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