#B59666#B59666

#B59666 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.074 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59666
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 102)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 43.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 5.03, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 30.05, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0155 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.074 78)
XYZ	xyz(32.3617, 32.5973, 17.1551)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59666 #6685B5

analogous

#B56E66 #B59666 #ACB566

triadic

#B59666 #66B596 #9666B5

tetradic

#B59666 #66B56E #6685B5 #B566AC

square

#B59666 #66B56E #6685B5 #B566AC

split-complementary

#B59666 #66ACB5 #6E66B5

monochromatic

#6C5634 #957748 #B59666 #C9B28F #DDCFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B59666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B59666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59666

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59666	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.074 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb492',
    500: '#b59666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59666;
$custom-light: #cdb492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.456,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69012,
    "c": 0.07437,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.32596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59666

secondary

#ABB8CC

accent

#88CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59666

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

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