#B59C69#B59C69

#B59C69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.074 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C69
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 42%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 42%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 2.08, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 30.18, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0071 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.074 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4953, 34.6220, 18.2802)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C69 #6982B5

analogous

#B57669 #B59C69 #A8B569

triadic

#B59C69 #69B59C #9C69B5

tetradic

#B59C69 #69B576 #6982B5 #B569A8

square

#B59C69 #69B576 #6982B5 #B569A8

split-complementary

#B59C69 #69A8B5 #7669B5

monochromatic

#6E5B36 #977D4A #B59C69 #C9B792 #DDD2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B59C69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C69

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C69	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.074 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb994',
    500: '#b59c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c69;
$custom-light: #ccb994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.263,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70301,
    "c": 0.07432,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C69

secondary

#ADB8CD

accent

#81CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C69

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

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