#B59656#B59656

#B59656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.091 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59656
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 3.44, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 37.98, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% 0.0092 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.091 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6434, 32.3100, 13.3720)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59656 #5675B5

analogous

#B56656 #B59656 #A5B556

triadic

#B59656 #56B596 #9656B5

tetradic

#B59656 #56B566 #5675B5 #B556A5

square

#B59656 #56B566 #5675B5 #B556A5

split-complementary

#B59656 #56A5B5 #6656B5

monochromatic

#65522C #8F753F #B59656 #C8B081 #DACBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B59656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B59656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59656

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59656	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.091 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb487',
    500: '#b59656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59656;
$custom-light: #cdb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.421,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68751,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59656

secondary

#9FACC8

accent

#7FCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59656

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

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