#B59457#B59457

#B59457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.089 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59457
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 4.63, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 36.97, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0128 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.089 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3676, 31.6934, 13.4802)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59457 #5778B5

analogous

#B56557 #B59457 #A7B557

triadic

#B59457 #57B594 #9457B5

tetradic

#B59457 #57B565 #5778B5 #B557A7

square

#B59457 #57B565 #5778B5 #B557A7

split-complementary

#B59457 #57A7B5 #6557B5

monochromatic

#65512D #90733F #B59457 #C8AF81 #DACAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B59457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B59457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59457

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59457	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.089 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb387',
    500: '#b59457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59457;
$custom-light: #cdb387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.936,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68355,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59457

secondary

#9FAEC8

accent

#82CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59457

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

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