#B09855#B09855

#B09855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.091 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09855
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 0.12, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 38.27, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0003 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.091 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7736, 32.3439, 13.2146)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09855 #556DB0

analogous

#B06A55 #B09855 #9AB055

triadic

#B09855 #55B098 #9855B0

tetradic

#B09855 #55B06A #556DB0 #B0559A

square

#B09855 #55B06A #556DB0 #B0559A

split-complementary

#B09855 #559AB0 #6A55B0

monochromatic

#5F512C #88753F #B09855 #C3B17F #D7CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B09855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B09855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09855

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09855	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.091 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab686',
    500: '#b09855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09855;
$custom-light: #cab686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.176,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68655,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09855

secondary

#9CA7C5

accent

#79CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09855

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

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