#B59A55#B59A55

#B59A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A55
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 1.17, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 39.62, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0024 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.094 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2526, 33.5924, 13.3777)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A55 #5570B5

analogous

#B56A55 #B59A55 #A0B555

triadic

#B59A55 #55B59A #9A55B5

tetradic

#B59A55 #55B56A #5570B5 #B555A0

square

#B59A55 #55B56A #5570B5 #B555A0

split-complementary

#B59A55 #55A0B5 #6A55B5

monochromatic

#64542C #8F783E #B59A55 #C8B380 #DACDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B59A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A55

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A55	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb786',
    500: '#b59a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a55;
$custom-light: #cdb786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69565,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A55

secondary

#9EAAC8

accent

#7ACF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A55

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

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