#B49459#B49459

#B49459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.086 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49459
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 4.39, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 35.79, 82.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% 0.0124 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.086 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2167, 31.6060, 13.9056)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49459 #5979B4

analogous

#B46659 #B49459 #A6B459

triadic

#B49459 #59B494 #9459B4

tetradic

#B49459 #59B466 #5979B4 #B459A6

square

#B49459 #59B466 #5979B4 #B459A6

split-complementary

#B49459 #59A6B4 #6659B4

monochromatic

#65522E #8F7441 #B49459 #C7AF83 #DACAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B49459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B49459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49459

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49459	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.086 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb389',
    500: '#b49459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49459;
$custom-light: #ccb389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.901,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68283,
    "c": 0.08624,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49459

secondary

#A1AFC8

accent

#83CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49459

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

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