#B59138#B59138

#B59138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.114 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59138
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 3.98, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 50.72, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0069 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.114 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8969, 30.3620, 8.0264)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59138 #385CB5

analogous

#B55338 #B59138 #9BB538

triadic

#B59138 #38B591 #9138B5

tetradic

#B59138 #38B553 #385CB5 #B5389B

square

#B59138 #38B553 #385CB5 #B5389B

split-complementary

#B59138 #389BB5 #5338B5

monochromatic

#58461B #866C2A #B59138 #CDAD5D #DBC58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B59138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#B59138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59138

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59138	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.114 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb173',
    500: '#b59138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59138;
$custom-light: #cfb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67362,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59138

secondary

#8396C6

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59138

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

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