#B59A50#B59A50

#B59A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.099 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A50
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 0.74, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 42.07, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0006 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.099 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0610, 33.5158, 12.3683)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A50 #506BB5

analogous

#B56750 #B59A50 #9DB550

triadic

#B59A50 #50B59A #9A50B5

tetradic

#B59A50 #50B567 #506BB5 #B5509D

square

#B59A50 #50B567 #506BB5 #B5509D

split-complementary

#B59A50 #509DB5 #6750B5

monochromatic

#615229 #8C773B #B59A50 #C7B37B #D9CCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A50

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A50	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)

#A89849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.099 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb783',
    500: '#b59a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a50;
$custom-light: #ceb783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.96,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69497,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A50

secondary

#9AA6C7

accent

#78D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A50

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

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