#B59E68#B59E68

#B59E68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.077 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E68
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 104)
HSL	hsl(42, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 43%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 42.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 0.88, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 31.31, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0035 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.077 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7825, 35.2783, 18.1239)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E68 #687FB5

analogous

#B57768 #B59E68 #A5B568

triadic

#B59E68 #68B59E #9E68B5

tetradic

#B59E68 #68B577 #687FB5 #B568A5

square

#B59E68 #68B577 #687FB5 #B568A5

split-complementary

#B59E68 #68A5B5 #7768B5

monochromatic

#6D5D35 #967F4A #B59E68 #C9B891 #DDD3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B59E68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E68

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E68	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9D64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.077 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba94',
    500: '#b59e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e68;
$custom-light: #ccba94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.078,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70698,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E68

secondary

#ACB6CC

accent

#7ECA5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E68

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

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