#B39255#B39255

#B39255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.089 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39255
RGB	rgb(179, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 4.69, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 37.06, 82.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0128 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.089 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5103, 30.7990, 12.9303)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39255 #5576B3

analogous

#B36355 #B39255 #A5B355

triadic

#B39255 #55B392 #9255B3

tetradic

#B39255 #55B363 #5576B3 #B355A5

square

#B39255 #55B363 #5576B3 #B355A5

split-complementary

#B39255 #55A5B3 #6355B3

monochromatic

#624F2C #8C713F #B39255 #C6AD7F #D9C8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B39255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#B39255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39255

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39255	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.089 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb186',
    500: '#b39255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39255;
$custom-light: #ccb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.936,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67709,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39255

secondary

#9DACC7

accent

#83CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5EF

border

#D2CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39255

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

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