#B59569#B59569

#B59569 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.071 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59569
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 105)
HSL	hsl(35, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 42%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 42%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 5.91, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 28.34, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0184 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.071 75)
XYZ	xyz(32.3543, 32.3401, 17.8999)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59569 #6989B5

analogous

#B56F69 #B59569 #AFB569

triadic

#B59569 #69B595 #9569B5

tetradic

#B59569 #69B56F #6989B5 #B569AF

square

#B59569 #69B56F #6989B5 #B569AF

split-complementary

#B59569 #69AFB5 #6F69B5

monochromatic

#6E5636 #97764A #B59569 #C9B292 #DDCFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B59569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B59569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59569

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59569	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.071 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb494',
    500: '#b59569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59569;
$custom-light: #cdb494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68863,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.32339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59569

secondary

#ADBACD

accent

#8BCA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59569

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

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