#B59255#B59255

#B59255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.090 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59255
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 5.55, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 37.47, 81.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0152 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.09 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9760, 31.0392, 12.9522)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59255 #5578B5

analogous

#B56255 #B59255 #A8B555

triadic

#B59255 #55B592 #9255B5

tetradic

#B59255 #55B562 #5578B5 #B555A8

square

#B59255 #55B562 #5578B5 #B555A8

split-complementary

#B59255 #55A8B5 #6255B5

monochromatic

#644F2C #8F713E #B59255 #C8AD80 #DAC9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B59255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#B59255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59255

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59255	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.090 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb186',
    500: '#b59255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59255;
$custom-light: #cdb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.125,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59255

secondary

#9EADC8

accent

#84CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5EF

border

#D2CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59255

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

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