#B59079#B59079

#B59079 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.056 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59079
RGB	rgb(181, 144, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 10.62, 17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 20.50, 58.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0331 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.056 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4812, 31.1523, 22.3875)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59079 #799EB5

analogous

#B57980 #B59079 #B5AE79

triadic

#B59079 #79B590 #9079B5

tetradic

#B59079 #80B579 #799EB5 #AE79B5

square

#B59079 #80B579 #799EB5 #AE79B5

split-complementary

#B59079 #79B5AE #7980B5

monochromatic

#745440 #9B7056 #B59079 #CBB1A0 #E1D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B59079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B59079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59079

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59079	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 144, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.056 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb09f',
    500: '#b59079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59079;
$custom-light: #ccb09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68189,
    "c": 0.05558,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59079

secondary

#B9C8D1

accent

#9FC563

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59079

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

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