#B59657#B59657

#B59657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.090 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59657
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 3.53, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 37.49, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0096 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.09 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6840, 32.3262, 13.5857)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59657 #5776B5

analogous

#B56757 #B59657 #A5B557

triadic

#B59657 #57B596 #9657B5

tetradic

#B59657 #57B567 #5776B5 #B557A5

square

#B59657 #57B567 #5776B5 #B557A5

split-complementary

#B59657 #57A5B5 #6757B5

monochromatic

#65522D #90753F #B59657 #C8B181 #DACBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B59657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B59657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59657

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59657	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)

#A49552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.090 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb488',
    500: '#b59657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59657;
$custom-light: #cdb488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.213,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68766,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59657

secondary

#9FADC8

accent

#80CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59657

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

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