#B59B4E#B59B4E

#B59B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.102 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B4E
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 0.04, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 43.34, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0017 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.102 91)
XYZ	xyz(32.1539, 33.8181, 12.0402)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B4E #4E68B5

analogous

#B5674E #B59B4E #9CB54E

triadic

#B59B4E #4EB59B #9B4EB5

tetradic

#B59B4E #4EB567 #4E68B5 #B54E9C

square

#B59B4E #4EB567 #4E68B5 #B54E9C

split-complementary

#B59B4E #4E9CB5 #674EB5

monochromatic

#605228 #8B773A #B59B4E #C7B379 #D9CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B59B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B4E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B4E	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.102 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb882',
    500: '#b59b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b4e;
$custom-light: #ceb882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.854,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6968,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.33817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B4E

secondary

#99A4C6

accent

#76D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B4E

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

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