#B59042#B59042

#B59042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.106 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59042
RGB	rgb(181, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 5.16, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 46.04, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.0116 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.106 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0143, 30.1655, 9.3949)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59042 #4267B5

analogous

#B55642 #B59042 #A0B542

triadic

#B59042 #42B590 #9042B5

tetradic

#B59042 #42B556 #4267B5 #B542A0

square

#B59042 #42B556 #4267B5 #B542A0

split-complementary

#B59042 #42A0B5 #5642B5

monochromatic

#5B4921 #886C32 #B59042 #C9AB6B #D9C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B59042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#B59042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59042

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59042	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)

#A0903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.106 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb079',
    500: '#b59042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59042;
$custom-light: #ceb079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67259,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59042

secondary

#8E9FC5

accent

#7CD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59042

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

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