#B59B60#B59B60

#B59B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.083 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B60
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 47%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 1.67, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 34.43, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0051 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.083 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8898, 34.1125, 15.9160)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B60 #607AB5

analogous

#B57160 #B59B60 #A5B560

triadic

#B59B60 #60B59B #9B60B5

tetradic

#B59B60 #60B571 #607AB5 #B560A5

square

#B59B60 #60B571 #607AB5 #B560A5

split-complementary

#B59B60 #60A5B5 #7160B5

monochromatic

#6A5831 #937B45 #B59B60 #C8B58A #DCD0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B59B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B60

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B60	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.083 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb88e',
    500: '#b59b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b60;
$custom-light: #cdb88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.647,
    "s": 36.481,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6994,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B60

secondary

#A6B1CA

accent

#7ECC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B60

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

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