#B59A8D#B59A8D

#B59A8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.037 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A8D
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(20, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 22.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 7.92, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 13.18, 53.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0253 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.037 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4195, 34.8592, 30.0569)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A8D #8DA8B5

analogous

#B58D94 #B59A8D #B5AE8D

triadic

#B59A8D #8DB59A #9A8DB5

tetradic

#B59A8D #94B58D #8DA8B5 #AE8DB5

square

#B59A8D #94B58D #8DA8B5 #AE8DB5

split-complementary

#B59A8D #8DB5AE #8D94B5

monochromatic

#795C4F #9D7968 #B59A8D #CDBBB2 #E5DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A8D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A8D	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.037 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7ae',
    500: '#b59a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a8d;
$custom-light: #cbb7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.5,
    "s": 21.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70678,
    "c": 0.03729,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A8D

secondary

#C8D1D6

accent

#82A046

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A8D

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

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