#B59059#B59059

#B59059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.085 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59059
RGB	rgb(181, 144, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 7.02, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 35.08, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.02 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.085 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8338, 30.4933, 13.7110)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59059 #597EB5

analogous

#B56259 #B59059 #ACB559

triadic

#B59059 #59B590 #9059B5

tetradic

#B59059 #59B562 #597EB5 #B559AC

square

#B59059 #59B562 #597EB5 #B559AC

split-complementary

#B59059 #59ACB5 #6259B5

monochromatic

#664F2E #907040 #B59059 #C8AC83 #DBC9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B59059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#B59059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59059

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59059	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 144, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.085 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb089',
    500: '#b59059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59059;
$custom-light: #cdb089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.87,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6757,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59059

secondary

#A1B1C9

accent

#88CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59059

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

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