#B59C8B#B59C8B

#B59C8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.038 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C8B
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(24, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 23.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 6.51, 12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 13.93, 62.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0213 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.038 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6049, 35.4659, 29.3912)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C8B #8BA4B5

analogous

#B58B8F #B59C8B #B5B18B

triadic

#B59C8B #8BB59C #9C8BB5

tetradic

#B59C8B #8FB58B #8BA4B5 #B18BB5

square

#B59C8B #8FB58B #8BA4B5 #B18BB5

split-complementary

#B59C8B #8BB5B1 #8B8FB5

monochromatic

#795F4D #9D7C66 #B59C8B #CDBCB0 #E5DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B59C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B59C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C8B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C8B	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#A39E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.038 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9ac',
    500: '#b59c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c8b;
$custom-light: #cbb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.286,
    "s": 22.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71031,
    "c": 0.03831,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C8B

secondary

#C6CFD5

accent

#7BA145

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C8B

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

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