#B39B59#B39B59

#B39B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.090 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B59
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 0.14, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 37.65, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.09 90)
XYZ	xyz(32.1161, 33.7491, 14.2718)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B59 #5971B3

analogous

#B36E59 #B39B59 #9EB359

triadic

#B39B59 #59B39B #9B59B3

tetradic

#B39B59 #59B36E #5971B3 #B3599E

square

#B39B59 #59B36E #5971B3 #B3599E

split-complementary

#B39B59 #599EB3 #6E59B3

monochromatic

#64552E #8E7941 #B39B59 #C6B483 #D9CEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B39B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B39B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B59

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B59	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.090 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb889',
    500: '#b39b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b59;
$custom-light: #ccb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69636,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.33748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B59

secondary

#A0ABC7

accent

#79CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B59

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

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