#B09557#B09557

#B09557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.087 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09557
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 50.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 1.94, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 36.33, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0052 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.087 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3734, 31.4146, 13.4787)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09557 #5772B0

analogous

#B06957 #B09557 #9FB057

triadic

#B09557 #57B095 #9557B0

tetradic

#B09557 #57B069 #5772B0 #B0579F

square

#B09557 #57B069 #5772B0 #B0579F

split-complementary

#B09557 #579FB0 #6957B0

monochromatic

#60502D #897341 #B09557 #C4AF81 #D7CAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B09557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B09557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09557

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09557	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.087 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab487',
    500: '#b09557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09557;
$custom-light: #cab487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.798,
    "s": 36.032,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68057,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09557

secondary

#9EAAC5

accent

#7ECC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09557

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

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