#B09C8A#B09C8A

#B09C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.035 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C8A
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(28, 19%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 22%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 21.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 4.42, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 12.90, 69.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0151 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.035 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3805, 34.8430, 28.9541)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C8A #8A9EB0

analogous

#B08A8B #B09C8A #B0AF8A

triadic

#B09C8A #8AB09C #9C8AB0

tetradic

#B09C8A #8BB08A #8A9EB0 #AF8AB0

square

#B09C8A #8BB08A #8A9EB0 #AF8AB0

split-complementary

#B09C8A #8AB0AF #8A8BB0

monochromatic

#725F4D #977D66 #B09C8A #C9BBAF #E1DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B09C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B09C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C8A

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C8A	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.035 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9ac',
    500: '#b09c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c8a;
$custom-light: #c8b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 19.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70536,
    "c": 0.03482,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C8A

secondary

#C4CBD2

accent

#759E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C8A

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

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