#B59B71#B59B71

#B59B71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.065 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B71
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 113)
HSL	hsl(37, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 38%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 37.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 3.55, 25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 25.85, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.012 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.065 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7588, 34.4601, 20.4928)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B71 #718BB5

analogous

#B57971 #B59B71 #ADB571

triadic

#B59B71 #71B59B #9B71B5

tetradic

#B59B71 #71B579 #718BB5 #B571AD

square

#B59B71 #71B579 #718BB5 #B571AD

split-complementary

#B59B71 #71ADB5 #7971B5

monochromatic

#715C3B #997D50 #B59B71 #CAB799 #DFD4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59B71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B71

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B71	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.065 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb89a',
    500: '#b59b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b71;
$custom-light: #ccb89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.06491,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B71

secondary

#B3BECF

accent

#88C860

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B71

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

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