#B59B53#B59B53

#B59B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B53
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 0.45, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 40.91, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0001 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.097 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3400, 33.8926, 13.0204)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B53 #536DB5

analogous

#B56A53 #B59B53 #9EB553

triadic

#B59B53 #53B59B #9B53B5

tetradic

#B59B53 #53B56A #536DB5 #B5539E

square

#B59B53 #53B56A #536DB5 #B5539E

split-complementary

#B59B53 #539EB5 #6A53B5

monochromatic

#63542B #8E783D #B59B53 #C7B47E #DACDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B59B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B53

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B53	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb885',
    500: '#b59b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b53;
$custom-light: #cdb885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B53

secondary

#9CA8C7

accent

#78D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B53

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

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