#B59E5E#B59E5E

#B59E5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.088 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E5E
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 48.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -0.16, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 36.40, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0004 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.088 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3044, 35.0871, 15.6057)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E5E #5E75B5

analogous

#B5735E #B59E5E #A1B55E

triadic

#B59E5E #5EB59E #9E5EB5

tetradic

#B59E5E #5EB573 #5E75B5 #B55EA1

square

#B59E5E #5EB573 #5E75B5 #B55EA1

split-complementary

#B59E5E #5EA1B5 #735EB5

monochromatic

#695A30 #927E43 #B59E5E #C8B788 #DCD1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B59E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E5E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E5E	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.088 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba8d',
    500: '#b59e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e5e;
$custom-light: #cdba8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.138,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70533,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E5E

secondary

#A5AFCA

accent

#79CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E5E

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

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