#B59563#B59563

#B59563 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.077 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59563
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 99)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 45%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 45.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, 5.26, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 31.29, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.0159 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.077 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0567, 32.2211, 16.3327)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59563 #6383B5

analogous

#B56C63 #B59563 #ACB563

triadic

#B59563 #63B595 #9563B5

tetradic

#B59563 #63B56C #6383B5 #B563AC

square

#B59563 #63B56C #6383B5 #B563AC

split-complementary

#B59563 #63ACB5 #6C63B5

monochromatic

#6B5533 #947646 #B59563 #C9B18D #DCCDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B59563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B59563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59563

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59563	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2955F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.077 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb490',
    500: '#b59563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59563;
$custom-light: #cdb490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68755,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59563

secondary

#A9B6CB

accent

#88CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59563

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

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