#B59A72#B59A72

#B59A72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.063 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A72
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(36, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 37%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 4.22, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 25.09, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.014 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.063 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6497, 34.1513, 20.7357)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A72 #728DB5

analogous

#B57872 #B59A72 #AEB572

triadic

#B59A72 #72B59A #9A72B5

tetradic

#B59A72 #72B578 #728DB5 #B572AE

square

#B59A72 #72B578 #728DB5 #B572AE

split-complementary

#B59A72 #72AEB5 #7872B5

monochromatic

#715C3B #997C50 #B59A72 #CAB79A #DFD3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A72

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A72	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.063 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb79b',
    500: '#b59a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a72;
$custom-light: #ccb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7006,
    "c": 0.06333,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A72

secondary

#B4BFCF

accent

#8AC760

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A72

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

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