#B59261#B59261

#B59261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.078 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59261
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 46.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 6.70, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 31.60, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0199 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.078 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4938, 31.2463, 15.6792)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59261 #6184B5

analogous

#B56861 #B59261 #AEB561

triadic

#B59261 #61B592 #9261B5

tetradic

#B59261 #61B568 #6184B5 #B561AE

square

#B59261 #61B568 #6184B5 #B561AE

split-complementary

#B59261 #61AEB5 #6861B5

monochromatic

#6A5232 #947345 #B59261 #C9AF8B #DCCCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B59261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B59261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59261

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59261	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F935D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.078 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb18e',
    500: '#b59261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59261;
$custom-light: #cdb18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59261

secondary

#A7B6CB

accent

#8BCC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5F0

border

#D2CFCB

text

#14100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59261

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

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