#B59955#B59955

#B59955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.093 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59955
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 1.72, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 39.32, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.004 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.093 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0883, 33.2637, 13.3229)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59955 #5571B5

analogous

#B56955 #B59955 #A1B555

triadic

#B59955 #55B599 #9955B5

tetradic

#B59955 #55B569 #5571B5 #B555A1

square

#B59955 #55B569 #5571B5 #B555A1

split-complementary

#B59955 #55A1B5 #6955B5

monochromatic

#64542C #8F773E #B59955 #C8B380 #DACCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B59955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59955

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59955	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.093 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb686',
    500: '#b59955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59955;
$custom-light: #cdb686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69357,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59955

secondary

#9EAAC8

accent

#7BCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59955

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

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