#B59E8A#B59E8A

#B59E8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.039 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E8A
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(28, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 23.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 5.27, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 14.55, 68.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0177 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.039 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8706, 36.1136, 29.1209)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E8A #8AA1B5

analogous

#B58A8C #B59E8A #B5B38A

triadic

#B59E8A #8AB59E #9E8AB5

tetradic

#B59E8A #8CB58A #8AA1B5 #B38AB5

square

#B59E8A #8CB58A #8AA1B5 #B38AB5

split-complementary

#B59E8A #8AB5B3 #8A8CB5

monochromatic

#78614C #9D7F65 #B59E8A #CDBDAF #E4DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B59E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B59E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E8A

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E8A	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#A59F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.039 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbaac',
    500: '#b59e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e8a;
$custom-light: #cbbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.907,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71413,
    "c": 0.0392,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E8A

secondary

#C6CED5

accent

#76A145

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E8A

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

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