#B49E79#B49E79

#B49E79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.057 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E79
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(38, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 2.51, 22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 22.47, 83.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0094 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.057 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5010, 35.5387, 23.1277)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E79 #798FB4

analogous

#B48179 #B49E79 #ADB479

triadic

#B49E79 #79B49E #9E79B4

tetradic

#B49E79 #79B481 #798FB4 #B479AD

square

#B49E79 #79B481 #798FB4 #B479AD

split-complementary

#B49E79 #79ADB4 #8179B4

monochromatic

#736040 #9A8156 #B49E79 #CABAA0 #E0D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B49E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B49E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E79

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E79	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.057 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbaa0',
    500: '#b49e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e79;
$custom-light: #cbbaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70931,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E79

secondary

#B9C1D0

accent

#88C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E79

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

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