#B59157#B59157

#B59157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.087 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59157
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 6.28, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 36.26, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0176 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.087 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9031, 30.7645, 13.3254)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59157 #577BB5

analogous

#B56257 #B59157 #AAB557

triadic

#B59157 #57B591 #9157B5

tetradic

#B59157 #57B562 #577BB5 #B557AA

square

#B59157 #57B562 #577BB5 #B557AA

split-complementary

#B59157 #57AAB5 #6257B5

monochromatic

#654F2D #90713F #B59157 #C8AD81 #DAC9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B59157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#B59157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59157

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59157	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)

#9F9152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.087 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb187',
    500: '#b59157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59157;
$custom-light: #cdb187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67742,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59157

secondary

#9FAFC8

accent

#86CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59157

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

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