#B59040#B59040

#B59040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59040
RGB	rgb(181, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 5.02, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 46.96, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.011 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.107 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9563, 30.1423, 9.0897)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59040 #4065B5

analogous

#B55640 #B59040 #9FB540

triadic

#B59040 #40B590 #9040B5

tetradic

#B59040 #40B556 #4065B5 #B5409F

square

#B59040 #40B556 #4065B5 #B5409F

split-complementary

#B59040 #409FB5 #5640B5

monochromatic

#5B4820 #886C30 #B59040 #CAAB68 #DAC496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B59040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#B59040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59040

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59040	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb078',
    500: '#b59040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59040;
$custom-light: #cfb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.026,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67237,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59040

secondary

#8B9EC5

accent

#7BD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59040

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

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