#B39B79#B39B79

#B39B79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.055 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B79
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(35, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 32.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 3.74, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 21.45, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.013 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.055 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7635, 34.4081, 22.9484)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B79 #7991B3

analogous

#B37E79 #B39B79 #AEB379

triadic

#B39B79 #79B39B #9B79B3

tetradic

#B39B79 #79B37E #7991B3 #B379AE

square

#B39B79 #79B37E #7991B3 #B379AE

split-complementary

#B39B79 #79AEB3 #7E79B3

monochromatic

#715D40 #987D56 #B39B79 #C9B8A0 #DFD5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B39B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B39B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B79

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B79	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.055 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8a0',
    500: '#b39b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b79;
$custom-light: #cab8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70217,
    "c": 0.05489,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B79

secondary

#B8C2CF

accent

#8CC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B79

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

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