Taupe (survey)#B9A281

#B9A281 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.053 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Taupe (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B9A281
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(35, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 30.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 3.39, 20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 20.57, 80.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0122 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.053 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8909, 37.7412, 26.1061)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A281 #8198B9

analogous

#B98681 #B9A281 #B4B981

triadic

#B9A281 #81B9A2 #A281B9

tetradic

#B9A281 #81B986 #8198B9 #B981B4

square

#B9A281 #81B986 #8198B9 #B981B4

split-complementary

#B9A281 #81B4B9 #8681B9

monochromatic

#7B6544 #A3855A #B9A281 #CFBFA8 #E5DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B9A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B9A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A281

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A281	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.053 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbda5',
    500: '#b9a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a281;
$custom-light: #cfbda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.357,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.05284,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A281

secondary

#C0C9D5

accent

#69A73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A281

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

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