#B59D63#B59D63

#B59D63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.082 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D63
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 45%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 45.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 0.89, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 33.54, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0031 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.082 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3662, 34.8400, 16.7692)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D63 #637BB5

analogous

#B57463 #B59D63 #A4B563

triadic

#B59D63 #63B59D #9D63B5

tetradic

#B59D63 #63B574 #637BB5 #B563A4

square

#B59D63 #63B574 #637BB5 #B563A4

split-complementary

#B59D63 #63A4B5 #7463B5

monochromatic

#6B5A33 #947E46 #B59D63 #C9B78D #DCD1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59D63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59D63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D63

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D63	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.082 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb990',
    500: '#b59d63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d63;
$custom-light: #cdb990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D63

secondary

#A9B3CB

accent

#7DCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D63

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

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