#B59C53#B59C53

#B59C53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.097 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C53
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -0.09, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 41.23, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0015 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.097 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5071, 34.2268, 13.0761)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C53 #536CB5

analogous

#B56B53 #B59C53 #9DB553

triadic

#B59C53 #53B59C #9C53B5

tetradic

#B59C53 #53B56B #536CB5 #B5539D

square

#B59C53 #53B56B #536CB5 #B5539D

split-complementary

#B59C53 #539DB5 #6B53B5

monochromatic

#63552B #8E793D #B59C53 #C7B57E #DACDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B59C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C53

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C53	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.097 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb985',
    500: '#b59c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c53;
$custom-light: #cdb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.694,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C53

secondary

#9CA7C7

accent

#77D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C53

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

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