#B59C52#B59C52

#B59C52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.098 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C52
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -0.17, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 41.72, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0018 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.098 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4688, 34.2115, 12.8742)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C52 #526BB5

analogous

#B56B52 #B59C52 #9DB552

triadic

#B59C52 #52B59C #9C52B5

tetradic

#B59C52 #52B56B #526BB5 #B5529D

square

#B59C52 #52B56B #526BB5 #B5529D

split-complementary

#B59C52 #529DB5 #6B52B5

monochromatic

#62542A #8D793C #B59C52 #C7B57D #DACDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B59C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C52

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C52	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.098 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb984',
    500: '#b59c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c52;
$custom-light: #cdb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.848,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69941,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C52

secondary

#9CA7C7

accent

#76D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C52

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

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