#B59E89#B59E89

#B59E89 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.040 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E89
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(29, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 24.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 5.12, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 14.99, 70.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0173 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.04 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7985, 36.0847, 28.7414)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E89 #89A0B5

analogous

#B5898A #B59E89 #B5B489

triadic

#B59E89 #89B59E #9E89B5

tetradic

#B59E89 #8AB589 #89A0B5 #B489B5

square

#B59E89 #8AB589 #89A0B5 #B489B5

split-complementary

#B59E89 #89B5B4 #898AB5

monochromatic

#78614B #9D7F63 #B59E89 #CDBDAF #E4DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B59E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B59E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E89

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E89	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.040 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbaab',
    500: '#b59e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e89;
$custom-light: #cbbaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.636,
    "s": 22.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71388,
    "c": 0.04019,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E89

secondary

#C5CDD5

accent

#75A144

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E89

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

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