#B59459#B59459

#B59459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.087 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59459
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 4.81, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 35.99, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0135 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.087 81)
XYZ	xyz(31.4504, 31.7265, 13.9165)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59459 #597AB5

analogous

#B56659 #B59459 #A8B559

triadic

#B59459 #59B594 #9459B5

tetradic

#B59459 #59B566 #597AB5 #B559A8

square

#B59459 #59B566 #597AB5 #B559A8

split-complementary

#B59459 #59A8B5 #6659B5

monochromatic

#66522E #907440 #B59459 #C8AF83 #DBCBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B59459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B59459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59459

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59459	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)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.087 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb389',
    500: '#b59459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59459;
$custom-light: #cdb389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.478,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68385,
    "c": 0.08672,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.31725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59459

secondary

#A1AFC9

accent

#83CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59459

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

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