#B59231#B59231

#B59231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59231
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 3.07, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 53.85, 86.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0034 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.119 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8910, 30.6052, 7.2382)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59231 #3154B5

analogous

#B55031 #B59231 #96B531

triadic

#B59231 #31B592 #9231B5

tetradic

#B59231 #31B550 #3154B5 #B53196

square

#B59231 #31B550 #3154B5 #B53196

split-complementary

#B59231 #3196B5 #5031B5

monochromatic

#554417 #856B24 #B59231 #D0AF53 #DDC583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B59231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#B59231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59231

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59231	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb16f',
    500: '#b59231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59231;
$custom-light: #cfb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67508,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59231

secondary

#7B8FC7

accent

#70E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59231

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

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