#B59555#B59555

#B59555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.091 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59555
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 3.90, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 38.21, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0104 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.091 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4445, 31.9762, 13.1083)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59555 #5575B5

analogous

#B56555 #B59555 #A5B555

triadic

#B59555 #55B595 #9555B5

tetradic

#B59555 #55B565 #5575B5 #B555A5

square

#B59555 #55B565 #5575B5 #B555A5

split-complementary

#B59555 #55A5B5 #6555B5

monochromatic

#64512C #8F743E #B59555 #C8B080 #DACAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B59555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#B59555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59555

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59555	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.091 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb486',
    500: '#b59555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59555;
$custom-light: #cdb486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59555

secondary

#9EACC8

accent

#80CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59555

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

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