#B59B8A#B59B8A

#B59B8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.039 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B8A
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(24, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 23.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 6.92, 12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 14.26, 61.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0225 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.039 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3651, 35.1026, 28.9524)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B8A #8AA4B5

analogous

#B58A8E #B59B8A #B5B08A

triadic

#B59B8A #8AB59B #9B8AB5

tetradic

#B59B8A #8EB58A #8AA4B5 #B08AB5

square

#B59B8A #8EB58A #8AA4B5 #B08AB5

split-complementary

#B59B8A #8AB5B0 #8A8EB5

monochromatic

#785E4C #9D7B65 #B59B8A #CDBBAF #E4DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B59B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B8A

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B8A	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.039 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8ac',
    500: '#b59b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b8a;
$custom-light: #cbb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.721,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70804,
    "c": 0.03931,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B8A

secondary

#C6CFD5

accent

#7CA145

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B8A

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

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