#B09659#B09659

#B09659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.086 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09659
RGB	rgb(176, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 1.59, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 35.63, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0044 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.086 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6151, 31.7655, 13.9680)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09659 #5973B0

analogous

#B06B59 #B09659 #9FB059

triadic

#B09659 #59B096 #9659B0

tetradic

#B09659 #59B06B #5973B0 #B0599F

square

#B09659 #59B06B #5973B0 #B0599F

split-complementary

#B09659 #599FB0 #6B59B0

monochromatic

#61512E #8A7442 #B09659 #C4B082 #D7CAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B09659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#B09659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09659

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09659	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.086 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b489',
    500: '#b09659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09659;
$custom-light: #c9b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.069,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09659

secondary

#9FABC5

accent

#7ECC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09659

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

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