#B59C60#B59C60

#B59C60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.084 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C60
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 47%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 1.13, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 34.74, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0035 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.084 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0569, 34.4467, 15.9717)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C60 #6079B5

analogous

#B57260 #B59C60 #A4B560

triadic

#B59C60 #60B59C #9C60B5

tetradic

#B59C60 #60B572 #6079B5 #B560A4

square

#B59C60 #60B572 #6079B5 #B560A4

split-complementary

#B59C60 #60A4B5 #7260B5

monochromatic

#6A5931 #937C45 #B59C60 #C8B68A #DCD0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59C60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C60

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C60	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.084 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb98e',
    500: '#b59c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c60;
$custom-light: #cdb98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 36.481,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C60

secondary

#A6B1CA

accent

#7DCC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C60

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

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