#B59D65#B59D65

#B59D65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.079 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D65
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 44.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 1.10, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 32.52, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0039 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.079 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4630, 34.8787, 17.2790)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D65 #657DB5

analogous

#B57565 #B59D65 #A5B565

triadic

#B59D65 #65B59D #9D65B5

tetradic

#B59D65 #65B575 #657DB5 #B565A5

square

#B59D65 #65B575 #657DB5 #B565A5

split-complementary

#B59D65 #65A5B5 #7565B5

monochromatic

#6C5B34 #957E48 #B59D65 #C9B78E #DDD2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59D65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D65

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D65	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.079 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb991',
    500: '#b59d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d65;
$custom-light: #cdb991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70438,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D65

secondary

#AAB4CC

accent

#7ECB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D65

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

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