#B59E69#B59E69

#B59E69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.076 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E69
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 105)
HSL	hsl(42, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 42%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 42%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 0.99, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 30.80, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.004 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.076 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.8336, 35.2988, 18.3930)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E69 #6980B5

analogous

#B57869 #B59E69 #A6B569

triadic

#B59E69 #69B59E #9E69B5

tetradic

#B59E69 #69B578 #6980B5 #B569A6

square

#B59E69 #69B578 #6980B5 #B569A6

split-complementary

#B59E69 #69A6B5 #7869B5

monochromatic

#6E5D36 #977F4A #B59E69 #C9B992 #DDD3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B59E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E69

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E69	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)

#AA9D65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.076 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba94',
    500: '#b59e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e69;
$custom-light: #ccba94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.07566,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.35297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E69

secondary

#ADB7CD

accent

#7FCA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E69

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

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