#B49539#B49539

#B49539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49539
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 1.41, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 51.11, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0003 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.115 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3100, 31.4954, 8.3529)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49539 #3958B4

analogous

#B45839 #B49539 #96B439

triadic

#B49539 #39B495 #9539B4

tetradic

#B49539 #39B458 #3958B4 #B43996

square

#B49539 #39B458 #3958B4 #B43996

split-complementary

#B49539 #3996B4 #5839B4

monochromatic

#57481C #866F2A #B49539 #CCB05E #DBC78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B49539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#B49539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49539

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49539	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb374',
    500: '#b49539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49539;
$custom-light: #ceb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.878,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68096,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49539

secondary

#8394C5

accent

#70DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49539

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

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