#B59A65#B59A65

#B59A65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.077 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A65
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 101)
HSL	hsl(40, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 44.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 2.73, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 31.61, 85.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0087 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.077 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9616, 33.8760, 17.1119)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A65 #6580B5

analogous

#B57265 #B59A65 #A8B565

triadic

#B59A65 #65B59A #9A65B5

tetradic

#B59A65 #65B572 #6580B5 #B565A8

square

#B59A65 #65B572 #6580B5 #B565A8

split-complementary

#B59A65 #65A8B5 #7265B5

monochromatic

#6C5934 #957B48 #B59A65 #C9B58E #DDD0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B59A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A65

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A65	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.077 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb791',
    500: '#b59a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a65;
$custom-light: #cdb791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.75,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69817,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A65

secondary

#AAB5CC

accent

#82CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A65

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

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