#B59251#B59251

#B59251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.094 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59251
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, 5.20, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 39.41, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0137 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.094 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8215, 30.9774, 12.1388)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59251 #5174B5

analogous

#B56051 #B59251 #A6B551

triadic

#B59251 #51B592 #9251B5

tetradic

#B59251 #51B560 #5174B5 #B551A6

square

#B59251 #51B560 #5174B5 #B551A6

split-complementary

#B59251 #51A6B5 #6051B5

monochromatic

#624E2A #8D713C #B59251 #C7AD7C #DAC8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B59251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B59251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59251

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59251	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1924B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.094 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb183',
    500: '#b59251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59251;
$custom-light: #ceb183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67858,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59251

secondary

#9BAAC7

accent

#82D058

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5EF

border

#D2CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59251

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

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