#B39956#B39956

#B39956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.092 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39956
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 0.95, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 38.52, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% 0.002 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.092 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6626, 33.0396, 13.5118)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39956 #5670B3

analogous

#B36B56 #B39956 #9FB356

triadic

#B39956 #56B399 #9956B3

tetradic

#B39956 #56B36B #5670B3 #B3569F

square

#B39956 #56B36B #5670B3 #B3569F

split-complementary

#B39956 #569FB3 #6B56B3

monochromatic

#62532C #8D773F #B39956 #C6B280 #D9CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B39956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B39956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39956

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39956	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.092 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb687',
    500: '#b39956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39956;
$custom-light: #ccb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.226,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69173,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39956

secondary

#9EA9C7

accent

#7ACE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39956

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

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