#B59359#B59359

#B59359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59359
RGB	rgb(181, 147, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 5.36, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 35.74, 81.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0152 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.086 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2942, 31.4142, 13.8645)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59359 #597BB5

analogous

#B56559 #B59359 #A9B559

triadic

#B59359 #59B593 #9359B5

tetradic

#B59359 #59B565 #597BB5 #B559A9

square

#B59359 #59B565 #597BB5 #B559A9

split-complementary

#B59359 #59A9B5 #6559B5

monochromatic

#66512E #907340 #B59359 #C8AF83 #DBCAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B59359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B59359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59359

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59359	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 147, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb289',
    500: '#b59359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59359;
$custom-light: #cdb289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68181,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59359

secondary

#A1B0C9

accent

#85CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5F0

border

#D2CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59359

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →