#B59E65#B59E65

#B59E65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.080 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E65
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 101)
HSL	hsl(43, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 44.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 0.56, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 32.84, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0023 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.08 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6329, 35.2185, 17.3356)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E65 #657CB5

analogous

#B57665 #B59E65 #A4B565

triadic

#B59E65 #65B59E #9E65B5

tetradic

#B59E65 #65B576 #657CB5 #B565A4

square

#B59E65 #65B576 #657CB5 #B565A4

split-complementary

#B59E65 #65A4B5 #7665B5

monochromatic

#6C5C34 #957F48 #B59E65 #C9B88E #DDD2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B59E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E65

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E65	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.080 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba92',
    500: '#b59e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e65;
$custom-light: #cdba92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.75,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E65

secondary

#AAB4CC

accent

#7CCB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E65

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

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