#B59E79#B59E79

#B59E79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.058 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E79
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(37, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 2.91, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 22.66, 82.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0106 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.058 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7347, 35.6592, 23.1387)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E79 #7990B5

analogous

#B58079 #B59E79 #AEB579

triadic

#B59E79 #79B59E #9E79B5

tetradic

#B59E79 #79B580 #7990B5 #B579AE

square

#B59E79 #79B580 #7990B5 #B579AE

split-complementary

#B59E79 #79AEB5 #8079B5

monochromatic

#746040 #9B8156 #B59E79 #CBBBA0 #E1D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B59E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B59E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E79

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E79	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.058 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaa0',
    500: '#b59e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e79;
$custom-light: #ccbaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71026,
    "c": 0.05754,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E79

secondary

#B9C2D1

accent

#88C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E79

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

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