#B5955D#B5955D

#B5955D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.083 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5955D
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 93)
HSL	hsl(38, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 48.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 4.65, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 34.26, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0135 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.083 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7805, 32.1106, 14.8778)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5955D #5D7DB5

analogous

#B5695D #B5955D #A9B55D

triadic

#B5955D #5DB595 #955DB5

tetradic

#B5955D #5DB569 #5D7DB5 #B55DA9

square

#B5955D #5DB569 #5D7DB5 #B55DA9

split-complementary

#B5955D #5DA9B5 #695DB5

monochromatic

#685430 #927543 #B5955D #C8B087 #DBCCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B5955D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B5955D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5955D

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5955D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5955D	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5955d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.083 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb48c',
    500: '#b5955d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5955d;
$custom-light: #cdb48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5955d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68654,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5955D

secondary

#A4B2CA

accent

#84CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5955D

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

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