#B59140#B59140

#B59140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59140
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 4.47, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 47.19, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0094 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.108 85)
XYZ	xyz(30.1085, 30.4466, 9.1404)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59140 #4064B5

analogous

#B55640 #B59140 #9FB540

triadic

#B59140 #40B591 #9140B5

tetradic

#B59140 #40B556 #4064B5 #B5409F

square

#B59140 #40B556 #4064B5 #B5409F

split-complementary

#B59140 #409FB5 #5640B5

monochromatic

#5B4920 #886D30 #B59140 #CAAC68 #DAC596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B59140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#B59140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59140

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59140	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb178',
    500: '#b59140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59140;
$custom-light: #ceb178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67442,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.30445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59140

secondary

#8B9DC5

accent

#7AD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59140

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

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