#B59B59#B59B59

#B59B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.091 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B59
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 0.99, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 37.94, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0024 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.091 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5818, 33.9893, 14.2936)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B59 #5973B5

analogous

#B56D59 #B59B59 #A1B559

triadic

#B59B59 #59B59B #9B59B5

tetradic

#B59B59 #59B56D #5973B5 #B559A1

square

#B59B59 #59B56D #5973B5 #B559A1

split-complementary

#B59B59 #59A1B5 #6D59B5

monochromatic

#66562E #907A40 #B59B59 #C8B483 #DBCEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B59B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B59

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B59	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.091 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb889',
    500: '#b59b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b59;
$custom-light: #cdb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69831,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B59

secondary

#A1ACC9

accent

#7BCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B59

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

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