#B39B56#B39B56

#B39B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.093 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B56
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -0.14, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 39.15, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0011 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.093 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9926, 33.6998, 13.6218)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B56 #566EB3

analogous

#B36D56 #B39B56 #9DB356

triadic

#B39B56 #56B39B #9B56B3

tetradic

#B39B56 #56B36D #566EB3 #B3569D

square

#B39B56 #56B36D #566EB3 #B3569D

split-complementary

#B39B56 #569DB3 #6D56B3

monochromatic

#62542C #8D793F #B39B56 #C6B480 #D9CDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B39B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B39B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B56

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B56	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.093 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb887',
    500: '#b39b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b56;
$custom-light: #ccb887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69592,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B56

secondary

#9EA9C7

accent

#78CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B56

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

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