#B59D79#B59D79

#B59D79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.057 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D79
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 3.46, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 22.39, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0122 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.057 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5648, 35.3195, 23.0821)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D79 #7991B5

analogous

#B57F79 #B59D79 #AFB579

triadic

#B59D79 #79B59D #9D79B5

tetradic

#B59D79 #79B57F #7991B5 #B579AF

square

#B59D79 #79B57F #7991B5 #B579AF

split-complementary

#B59D79 #79AFB5 #7F79B5

monochromatic

#745F40 #9B7F56 #B59D79 #CBBAA0 #E1D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B59D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B59D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D79

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D79	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.057 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9a0',
    500: '#b59d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d79;
$custom-light: #ccb9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D79

secondary

#B9C3D1

accent

#8AC563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D79

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

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