#B59E95#B59E95

#B59E95 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.030 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E95
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 149)
HSL	hsl(17, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 17.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 6.96, 7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 10.46, 48.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0223 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.03 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7076, 36.4484, 33.5295)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E95 #95ACB5

analogous

#B5959C #B59E95 #B5AE95

triadic

#B59E95 #95B59E #9E95B5

tetradic

#B59E95 #9CB595 #95ACB5 #AE95B5

square

#B59E95 #9CB595 #95ACB5 #AE95B5

split-complementary

#B59E95 #95B5AE #959CB5

monochromatic

#7A6055 #9C7D71 #B59E95 #CEBFB9 #E7E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B59E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E95

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E95	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.030 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbab4',
    500: '#b59e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e95;
$custom-light: #cbbab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.875,
    "s": 17.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.03022,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E95

secondary

#CDD5D8

accent

#859C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E95

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

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