#B59759#B59759

#B59759 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.088 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59759
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 3.17, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 36.77, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0087 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.088 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9271, 32.6799, 14.0754)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59759 #5977B5

analogous

#B56959 #B59759 #A5B559

triadic

#B59759 #59B597 #9759B5

tetradic

#B59759 #59B569 #5977B5 #B559A5

square

#B59759 #59B569 #5977B5 #B559A5

split-complementary

#B59759 #59A5B5 #6959B5

monochromatic

#66542E #907640 #B59759 #C8B283 #DBCCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B59759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B59759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59759

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59759	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.088 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb589',
    500: '#b59759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59759;
$custom-light: #cdb589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69002,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59759

secondary

#A1AEC9

accent

#80CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59759

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

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