#B59234#B59234

#B59234 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59234
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 3.22, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 52.63, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0042 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.117 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9565, 30.6314, 7.5828)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59234 #3457B5

analogous

#B55134 #B59234 #97B534

triadic

#B59234 #34B592 #9234B5

tetradic

#B59234 #34B551 #3457B5 #B53497

square

#B59234 #34B551 #3457B5 #B53497

split-complementary

#B59234 #3497B5 #5134B5

monochromatic

#564519 #856C26 #B59234 #CFAE57 #DCC587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B59234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B59234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59234

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59234	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb171',
    500: '#b59234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59234;
$custom-light: #cfb171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.721,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67533,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59234

secondary

#7F92C6

accent

#72DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59234

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

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