#B79B59#B79B59

#B79B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.091 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B59
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 51.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 1.84, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 38.25, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0047 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.091 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.0542, 34.2329, 14.3158)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B59 #5975B7

analogous

#B76C59 #B79B59 #A4B759

triadic

#B79B59 #59B79B #9B59B7

tetradic

#B79B59 #59B76C #5975B7 #B759A4

square

#B79B59 #59B76C #5975B7 #B759A4

split-complementary

#B79B59 #59A4B7 #6C59B7

monochromatic

#68572D #937A40 #B79B59 #CAB584 #DCCEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B79B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B79B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B59

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B59	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.091 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb889',
    500: '#b79b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b59;
$custom-light: #cfb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B59

secondary

#A2AECA

accent

#7CCF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B59

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

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