#B59C55#B59C55

#B59C55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.095 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C55
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 0.09, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 40.24, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0007 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.095 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5855, 34.2581, 13.4887)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C55 #556EB5

analogous

#B56C55 #B59C55 #9EB555

triadic

#B59C55 #55B59C #9C55B5

tetradic

#B59C55 #55B56C #556EB5 #B5559E

square

#B59C55 #55B56C #556EB5 #B5559E

split-complementary

#B59C55 #559EB5 #6C55B5

monochromatic

#64552C #8F7A3E #B59C55 #C8B580 #DACEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B59C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C55

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C55	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AA9A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.095 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb986',
    500: '#b59c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c55;
$custom-light: #cdb986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.375,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C55

secondary

#9EA9C8

accent

#77CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C55

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

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