#B59D8A#B59D8A

#B59D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.039 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D8A
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(27, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 23.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 5.82, 13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 14.43, 66.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0193 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.039 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7007, 35.7738, 29.0643)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D8A #8AA2B5

analogous

#B58A8C #B59D8A #B5B38A

triadic

#B59D8A #8AB59D #9D8AB5

tetradic

#B59D8A #8CB58A #8AA2B5 #B38AB5

square

#B59D8A #8CB58A #8AA2B5 #B38AB5

split-complementary

#B59D8A #8AB5B3 #8A8CB5

monochromatic

#78604C #9D7E65 #B59D8A #CDBCAF #E4DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B59D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B59D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D8A

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D8A	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.039 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9ac',
    500: '#b59d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d8a;
$custom-light: #cbb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.512,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71209,
    "c": 0.03915,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D8A

secondary

#C6CED5

accent

#78A145

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D8A

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

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