#B59B63#B59B63

#B59B63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.080 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B63
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 99)
HSL	hsl(41, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 45%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 45.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 1.98, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 32.91, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0063 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.08 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0306, 34.1688, 16.6573)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B63 #637DB5

analogous

#B57263 #B59B63 #A6B563

triadic

#B59B63 #63B59B #9B63B5

tetradic

#B59B63 #63B572 #637DB5 #B563A6

square

#B59B63 #63B572 #637DB5 #B563A6

split-complementary

#B59B63 #63A6B5 #7263B5

monochromatic

#6B5933 #947C46 #B59B63 #C9B68D #DCD0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59B63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B63

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B63	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.080 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb890',
    500: '#b59b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b63;
$custom-light: #cdb890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.08023,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B63

secondary

#A9B4CB

accent

#7FCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B63

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

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