#B59356#B59356

#B59356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.089 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59356
RGB	rgb(181, 147, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 5.09, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 37.22, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.014 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.089 81)
XYZ	xyz(31.1708, 31.3648, 13.2145)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59356 #5678B5

analogous

#B56356 #B59356 #A8B556

triadic

#B59356 #56B593 #9356B5

tetradic

#B59356 #56B563 #5678B5 #B556A8

square

#B59356 #56B563 #5678B5 #B556A8

split-complementary

#B59356 #56A8B5 #6356B5

monochromatic

#65502C #8F723F #B59356 #C8AE81 #DAC9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B59356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B59356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59356

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59356	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 147, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.089 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb287',
    500: '#b59356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59356;
$custom-light: #cdb287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.526,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68135,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.31363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59356

secondary

#9FAEC8

accent

#83CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5EF

border

#D2CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59356

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

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