#B39231#B39231

#B39231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.119 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39231
RGB	rgb(179, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 2.18, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 53.53, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.001 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.119 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4253, 30.3651, 7.2163)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39231 #3152B3

analogous

#B35131 #B39231 #93B331

triadic

#B39231 #31B392 #9231B3

tetradic

#B39231 #31B351 #3152B3 #B33193

square

#B39231 #31B351 #3152B3 #B33193

split-complementary

#B39231 #3193B3 #5131B3

monochromatic

#534417 #836B24 #B39231 #D0B052 #DDC682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B39231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#B39231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39231

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39231	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.119 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb16f',
    500: '#b39231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39231;
$custom-light: #ceb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67299,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39231

secondary

#7A8DC6

accent

#6EE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39231

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

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