#B59A69#B59A69

#B59A69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.073 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A69
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 105)
HSL	hsl(39, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 42%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 42%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 3.17, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 29.59, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0103 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.073 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1624, 33.9564, 18.1693)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A69 #6984B5

analogous

#B57469 #B59A69 #AAB569

triadic

#B59A69 #69B59A #9A69B5

tetradic

#B59A69 #69B574 #6984B5 #B569AA

square

#B59A69 #69B574 #6984B5 #B569AA

split-complementary

#B59A69 #69AAB5 #7469B5

monochromatic

#6E5A36 #977B4A #B59A69 #C9B692 #DDD1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A69

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A69	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.073 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb794',
    500: '#b59a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a69;
$custom-light: #ccb794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.684,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A69

secondary

#ADB8CD

accent

#84CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A69

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

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