#B59B56#B59B56

#B59B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.094 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B56
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 0.72, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 39.43, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0012 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.094 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4584, 33.9399, 13.6437)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B56 #5670B5

analogous

#B56C56 #B59B56 #A0B556

triadic

#B59B56 #56B59B #9B56B5

tetradic

#B59B56 #56B56C #5670B5 #B556A0

square

#B59B56 #56B56C #5670B5 #B556A0

split-complementary

#B59B56 #56A0B5 #6C56B5

monochromatic

#65552C #8F793F #B59B56 #C8B481 #DACDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B56

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B56	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.094 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb887',
    500: '#b59b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b56;
$custom-light: #cdb887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.579,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69788,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B56

secondary

#9FAAC8

accent

#79CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B56

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

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