#B49D79#B49D79

#B49D79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.056 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D79
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(37, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 3.05, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 22.19, 82.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.011 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.056 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3311, 35.1990, 23.0711)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D79 #7990B4

analogous

#B48079 #B49D79 #AEB479

triadic

#B49D79 #79B49D #9D79B4

tetradic

#B49D79 #79B480 #7990B4 #B479AE

square

#B49D79 #79B480 #7990B4 #B479AE

split-complementary

#B49D79 #79AEB4 #8079B4

monochromatic

#735F40 #9A7F56 #B49D79 #CABAA0 #E0D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B49D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B49D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D79

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D79	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.056 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9a0',
    500: '#b49d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d79;
$custom-light: #cbb9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70724,
    "c": 0.05645,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D79

secondary

#B9C2D0

accent

#89C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D79

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

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