#B58938#B58938

#B58938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.111 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B58938
RGB	rgb(181, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 8.39, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 49.10, 80.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0197 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.111 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7173, 28.0027, 7.6332)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B58938 #3864B5

analogous

#B54B38 #B58938 #A3B538

triadic

#B58938 #38B589 #8938B5

tetradic

#B58938 #38B54B #3864B5 #B538A3

square

#B58938 #38B54B #3864B5 #B538A3

split-complementary

#B58938 #38A3B5 #4B38B5

monochromatic

#58421B #86662A #B58938 #CDA65D #DBBF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B58938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B58938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B58938

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B58938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B58938	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b58938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.111 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab73',
    500: '#b58938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b58938;
$custom-light: #cfab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b58938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65733,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B58938

secondary

#839BC6

accent

#7FDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B58938

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

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