#B59259#B59259

#B59259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.086 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59259
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 5.91, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 35.51, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0168 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.086 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1394, 31.1045, 13.8129)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59259 #597CB5

analogous

#B56459 #B59259 #AAB559

triadic

#B59259 #59B592 #9259B5

tetradic

#B59259 #59B564 #597CB5 #B559AA

square

#B59259 #59B564 #597CB5 #B559AA

split-complementary

#B59259 #59AAB5 #6459B5

monochromatic

#66512E #907240 #B59259 #C8AE83 #DBCAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B59259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#B59259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59259

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59259	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.086 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb189',
    500: '#b59259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59259;
$custom-light: #cdb189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.174,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67977,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59259

secondary

#A1B0C9

accent

#86CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5F0

border

#D2CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59259

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

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