#B59155#B59155

#B59155 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.089 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59155
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 6.10, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 37.24, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0168 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.089 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8225, 30.7322, 12.9010)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59155 #5579B5

analogous

#B56155 #B59155 #A9B555

triadic

#B59155 #55B591 #9155B5

tetradic

#B59155 #55B561 #5579B5 #B555A9

square

#B59155 #55B561 #5579B5 #B555A9

split-complementary

#B59155 #55A9B5 #6155B5

monochromatic

#644F2C #8F703E #B59155 #C8AD80 #DAC8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B59155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#B59155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59155

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59155	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.089 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb186',
    500: '#b59155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59155;
$custom-light: #cdb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67712,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59155

secondary

#9EAEC8

accent

#85CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59155

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

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