#B59E61#B59E61

#B59E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.084 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E61
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 46.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 0.14, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 34.88, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0007 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.084 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4416, 35.1420, 16.3285)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E61 #6178B5

analogous

#B57461 #B59E61 #A2B561

triadic

#B59E61 #61B59E #9E61B5

tetradic

#B59E61 #61B574 #6178B5 #B561A2

square

#B59E61 #61B574 #6178B5 #B561A2

split-complementary

#B59E61 #61A2B5 #7461B5

monochromatic

#6A5B32 #947E45 #B59E61 #C9B88B #DCD1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B59E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E61

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E61	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.084 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba8f',
    500: '#b59e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e61;
$custom-light: #cdba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.571,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70581,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E61

secondary

#A7B1CB

accent

#7ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E61

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

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