#B09856#B09856

#B09856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.090 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09856
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 51.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, 0.21, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 37.77, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0001 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.09 90)
XYZ	xyz(30.8136, 32.3599, 13.4253)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09856 #566EB0

analogous

#B06B56 #B09856 #9BB056

triadic

#B09856 #56B098 #9856B0

tetradic

#B09856 #56B06B #566EB0 #B0569B

square

#B09856 #56B06B #566EB0 #B0569B

split-complementary

#B09856 #569BB0 #6B56B0

monochromatic

#5F522C #897540 #B09856 #C3B180 #D7CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B09856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B09856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09856

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09856	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)

#A59650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.090 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab687',
    500: '#b09856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09856;
$custom-light: #cab687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68669,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.32358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09856

secondary

#9DA8C5

accent

#7ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09856

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

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