#B59A4E#B59A4E

#B59A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.101 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A4E
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 0.58, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 43.04, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0001 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.101 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9882, 33.4867, 11.9849)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A4E #4E69B5

analogous

#B5664E #B59A4E #9CB54E

triadic

#B59A4E #4EB59A #9A4EB5

tetradic

#B59A4E #4EB566 #4E69B5 #B54E9C

square

#B59A4E #4EB566 #4E69B5 #B54E9C

split-complementary

#B59A4E #4E9CB5 #664EB5

monochromatic

#605228 #8B763A #B59A4E #C7B379 #D9CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A4E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A4E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.101 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb782',
    500: '#b59a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a4e;
$custom-light: #ceb782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.272,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69471,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A4E

secondary

#99A5C6

accent

#77D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A4E

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

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