#B59C8A#B59C8A

#B59C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.039 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C8A
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(25, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 23.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 6.36, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 14.33, 63.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0209 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.039 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5322, 35.4368, 29.0081)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C8A #8AA3B5

analogous

#B58A8E #B59C8A #B5B18A

triadic

#B59C8A #8AB59C #9C8AB5

tetradic

#B59C8A #8EB58A #8AA3B5 #B18AB5

square

#B59C8A #8EB58A #8AA3B5 #B18AB5

split-complementary

#B59C8A #8AB5B1 #8A8EB5

monochromatic

#785F4C #9D7C65 #B59C8A #CDBCAF #E4DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B59C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B59C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C8A

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C8A	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.039 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9ac',
    500: '#b59c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c8a;
$custom-light: #cbb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.116,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71006,
    "c": 0.03919,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C8A

secondary

#C6CFD5

accent

#7AA145

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C8A

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

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