#B59B79#B59B79

#B59B79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.056 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B79
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(34, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 4.55, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 21.89, 78.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0154 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.056 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2292, 34.6482, 22.9702)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B79 #7993B5

analogous

#B57D79 #B59B79 #B1B579

triadic

#B59B79 #79B59B #9B79B5

tetradic

#B59B79 #79B57D #7993B5 #B579B1

square

#B59B79 #79B57D #7993B5 #B579B1

split-complementary

#B59B79 #79B1B5 #7D79B5

monochromatic

#745D40 #9B7D56 #B59B79 #CBB8A0 #E1D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B59B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B79

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B79	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.056 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8a0',
    500: '#b59b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b79;
$custom-light: #ccb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70409,
    "c": 0.05615,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B79

secondary

#B9C3D1

accent

#8DC563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B79

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

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