#B59E62#B59E62

#B59E62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.083 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E62
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 45.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 0.24, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 34.37, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0011 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.083 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4885, 35.1607, 16.5756)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E62 #6279B5

analogous

#B57462 #B59E62 #A3B562

triadic

#B59E62 #62B59E #9E62B5

tetradic

#B59E62 #62B574 #6279B5 #B562A3

square

#B59E62 #62B574 #6279B5 #B562A3

split-complementary

#B59E62 #62A3B5 #7462B5

monochromatic

#6A5B32 #947E46 #B59E62 #C9B88C #DCD1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B59E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E62

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E62	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AB9C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.083 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba8f',
    500: '#b59e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e62;
$custom-light: #cdba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.373,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E62

secondary

#A8B2CB

accent

#7BCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E62

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

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