#B59C5C#B59C5C

#B59C5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.088 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C5C
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 92)
HSL	hsl(43, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 49.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 0.73, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 36.75, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0019 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.088 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8774, 34.3749, 15.0264)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C5C #5C75B5

analogous

#B56F5C #B59C5C #A1B55C

triadic

#B59C5C #5CB59C #9C5CB5

tetradic

#B59C5C #5CB56F #5C75B5 #B55CA1

square

#B59C5C #5CB56F #5C75B5 #B55CA1

split-complementary

#B59C5C #5CA1B5 #6F5CB5

monochromatic

#68582F #927B42 #B59C5C #C8B686 #DBCFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B59C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C5C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C5C	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.088 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb98b',
    500: '#b59c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c5c;
$custom-light: #cdb98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.146,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C5C

secondary

#A3AEC9

accent

#7BCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C5C

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

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