#B59159#B59159

#B59159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.085 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59159
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 6.46, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 35.29, 79.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0184 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.085 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9859, 30.7976, 13.7617)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59159 #597DB5

analogous

#B56359 #B59159 #ABB559

triadic

#B59159 #59B591 #9159B5

tetradic

#B59159 #59B563 #597DB5 #B559AB

square

#B59159 #59B563 #597DB5 #B559AB

split-complementary

#B59159 #59ABB5 #6359B5

monochromatic

#66502E #907140 #B59159 #C8AD83 #DBC9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B59159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#B59159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59159

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59159	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.085 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb189',
    500: '#b59159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59159;
$custom-light: #cdb189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67773,
    "c": 0.08549,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59159

secondary

#A1B1C9

accent

#87CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59159

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

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