#B59A64#B59A64

#B59A64 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.079 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A64
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 100)
HSL	hsl(40, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 45%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 44.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 2.63, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 32.11, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0083 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.079 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9129, 33.8566, 16.8554)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A64 #647FB5

analogous

#B57264 #B59A64 #A7B564

triadic

#B59A64 #64B59A #9A64B5

tetradic

#B59A64 #64B572 #647FB5 #B564A7

square

#B59A64 #64B572 #647FB5 #B564A7

split-complementary

#B59A64 #64A7B5 #7264B5

monochromatic

#6B5933 #957B47 #B59A64 #C9B58D #DDD0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59A64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A64

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A64	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.079 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb791',
    500: '#b59a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a64;
$custom-light: #cdb791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 35.371,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A64

secondary

#A9B5CB

accent

#81CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A64

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

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