#B59853#B59853

#B59853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.095 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59853
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 2.09, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 40.01, 87.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0049 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.095 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8469, 32.9064, 12.8560)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59853 #5370B5

analogous

#B56753 #B59853 #A1B553

triadic

#B59853 #53B598 #9853B5

tetradic

#B59853 #53B567 #5370B5 #B553A1

square

#B59853 #53B567 #5370B5 #B553A1

split-complementary

#B59853 #53A1B5 #6753B5

monochromatic

#63522B #8E763D #B59853 #C7B27E #DACBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B59853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59853

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59853	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.095 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb685',
    500: '#b59853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59853;
$custom-light: #cdb685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.245,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69121,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59853

secondary

#9CA9C7

accent

#7BD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59853

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

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