#B59C8D#B59C8D

#B59C8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.037 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C8D
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(23, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 22.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 6.81, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 13.16, 58.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0221 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.037 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7524, 35.5249, 30.1678)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C8D #8DA6B5

analogous

#B58D92 #B59C8D #B5B08D

triadic

#B59C8D #8DB59C #9C8DB5

tetradic

#B59C8D #92B58D #8DA6B5 #B08DB5

square

#B59C8D #92B58D #8DA6B5 #B08DB5

split-complementary

#B59C8D #8DB5B0 #8D92B5

monochromatic

#795E4F #9D7C68 #B59C8D #CDBCB2 #E5DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B59C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B59C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C8D

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C8D	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.037 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9ae',
    500: '#b59c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c8d;
$custom-light: #cbb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 21.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71082,
    "c": 0.03664,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C8D

secondary

#C8D1D6

accent

#7EA046

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C8D

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

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