#B59A5E#B59A5E

#B59A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.085 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A5E
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 94)
HSL	hsl(41, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 48.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 2.01, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 35.13, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0059 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.085 86)
XYZ	xyz(32.6332, 33.7447, 15.3820)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A5E #5E79B5

analogous

#B56F5E #B59A5E #A5B55E

triadic

#B59A5E #5EB59A #9A5EB5

tetradic

#B59A5E #5EB56F #5E79B5 #B55EA5

square

#B59A5E #5EB56F #5E79B5 #B55EA5

split-complementary

#B59A5E #5EA5B5 #6F5EB5

monochromatic

#695730 #927A43 #B59A5E #C8B488 #DCCFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B59A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A5E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A5E	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.085 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb78d',
    500: '#b59a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a5e;
$custom-light: #cdb78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.697,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.33743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A5E

secondary

#A5B0CA

accent

#7ECD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A5E

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

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