#B39659#B39659

#B39659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.087 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39659
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 2.87, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 36.14, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.008 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.087 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3011, 32.1192, 14.0002)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39659 #5976B3

analogous

#B36959 #B39659 #A3B359

triadic

#B39659 #59B396 #9659B3

tetradic

#B39659 #59B369 #5976B3 #B359A3

square

#B39659 #59B369 #5976B3 #B359A3

split-complementary

#B39659 #59A3B3 #6959B3

monochromatic

#64522E #8E7541 #B39659 #C6B183 #D9CBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B39659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B39659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39659

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39659	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.087 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb489',
    500: '#b39659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39659;
$custom-light: #ccb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.667,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39659

secondary

#A0ADC7

accent

#80CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39659

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

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