#B59E5D#B59E5D

#B59E5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.089 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E5D
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 48.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -0.26, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 36.90, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0008 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.089 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2598, 35.0693, 15.3709)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E5D #5D74B5

analogous

#B5725D #B59E5D #A0B55D

triadic

#B59E5D #5DB59E #9E5DB5

tetradic

#B59E5D #5DB572 #5D74B5 #B55DA0

square

#B59E5D #5DB572 #5D74B5 #B55DA0

split-complementary

#B59E5D #5DA0B5 #725DB5

monochromatic

#685930 #927D43 #B59E5D #C8B787 #DBD0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B59E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E5D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E5D	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.089 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba8c',
    500: '#b59e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e5d;
$custom-light: #cdba8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.318,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E5D

secondary

#A4AECA

accent

#79CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E5D

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

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