#B59B50#B59B50

#B59B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.100 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B50
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 0.20, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 42.38, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.001 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.1 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2267, 33.8472, 12.4236)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B50 #506AB5

analogous

#B56850 #B59B50 #9CB550

triadic

#B59B50 #50B59B #9B50B5

tetradic

#B59B50 #50B568 #506AB5 #B5509C

square

#B59B50 #50B568 #506AB5 #B5509C

split-complementary

#B59B50 #509CB5 #6850B5

monochromatic

#615329 #8C783B #B59B50 #C7B47B #D9CCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B50

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B50	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.100 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb883',
    500: '#b59b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b50;
$custom-light: #ceb883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69706,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B50

secondary

#9AA6C7

accent

#77D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B50

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

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