#B59B72#B59B72

#B59B72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.064 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B72
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 114)
HSL	hsl(37, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 37%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 3.67, 25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 25.35, 81.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0124 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.064 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8154, 34.4827, 20.7909)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B72 #728CB5

analogous

#B57972 #B59B72 #AEB572

triadic

#B59B72 #72B59B #9B72B5

tetradic

#B59B72 #72B579 #728CB5 #B572AE

square

#B59B72 #72B579 #728CB5 #B572AE

split-complementary

#B59B72 #72AEB5 #7972B5

monochromatic

#715C3B #997D50 #B59B72 #CAB79A #DFD4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B72

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B72	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.064 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb89b',
    500: '#b59b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b72;
$custom-light: #ccb89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70265,
    "c": 0.0638,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B72

secondary

#B4BECF

accent

#88C760

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B72

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

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