#B09B8A#B09B8A

#B09B8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.035 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09B8A
RGB	rgb(176, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(27, 19%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 22%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 21.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 4.97, 11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 12.76, 67.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0167 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.035 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2134, 34.5087, 28.8984)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09B8A #8A9FB0

analogous

#B08A8C #B09B8A #B0AE8A

triadic

#B09B8A #8AB09B #9B8AB0

tetradic

#B09B8A #8CB08A #8A9FB0 #AE8AB0

square

#B09B8A #8CB08A #8A9FB0 #AE8AB0

split-complementary

#B09B8A #8AB0AE #8A8CB0

monochromatic

#725E4D #977C66 #B09B8A #C9BAAF #E1D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B09B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B09B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09B8A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09B8A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.035 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8ac',
    500: '#b09b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09b8a;
$custom-light: #c8b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.842,
    "s": 19.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70331,
    "c": 0.03473,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09B8A

secondary

#C4CCD2

accent

#779E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09B8A

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

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