#B59D69#B59D69

#B59D69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.075 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D69
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 105)
HSL	hsl(41, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 42%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 42%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 1.53, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 30.48, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0055 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.075 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6637, 34.9590, 18.3364)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D69 #6981B5

analogous

#B57769 #B59D69 #A7B569

triadic

#B59D69 #69B59D #9D69B5

tetradic

#B59D69 #69B577 #6981B5 #B569A7

square

#B59D69 #69B577 #6981B5 #B569A7

split-complementary

#B59D69 #69A7B5 #7769B5

monochromatic

#6E5C36 #977E4A #B59D69 #C9B892 #DDD3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B59D69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D69

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D69	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.075 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb994',
    500: '#b59d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d69;
$custom-light: #ccb994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70508,
    "c": 0.07497,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D69

secondary

#ADB7CD

accent

#80CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D69

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

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