#B59142#B59142

#B59142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.106 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59142
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 4.61, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 46.28, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.01 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.106 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1664, 30.4698, 9.4456)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59142 #4266B5

analogous

#B55742 #B59142 #9FB542

triadic

#B59142 #42B591 #9142B5

tetradic

#B59142 #42B557 #4266B5 #B5429F

square

#B59142 #42B557 #4266B5 #B5429F

split-complementary

#B59142 #429FB5 #5742B5

monochromatic

#5B4921 #886D32 #B59142 #C9AC6B #D9C598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B59142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#B59142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59142

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59142	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)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.106 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb179',
    500: '#b59142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59142;
$custom-light: #ceb179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.217,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67464,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59142

secondary

#8E9FC5

accent

#7BD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59142

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

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