#B59A5A#B59A5A

#B59A5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.089 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A5A
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 90)
HSL	hsl(42, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 50.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 1.63, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 37.14, 87.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0043 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.089 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4583, 33.6747, 14.4611)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A5A #5A75B5

analogous

#B56C5A #B59A5A #A2B55A

triadic

#B59A5A #5AB59A #9A5AB5

tetradic

#B59A5A #5AB56C #5A75B5 #B55AA2

square

#B59A5A #5AB56C #5A75B5 #B55AA2

split-complementary

#B59A5A #5AA2B5 #6C5AB5

monochromatic

#67562E #917941 #B59A5A #C8B484 #DBCEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B59A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A5A

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A5A	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.089 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb78a',
    500: '#b59a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a5a;
$custom-light: #cdb78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69638,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A5A

secondary

#A2ADC9

accent

#7CCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A5A

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

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