#B59235#B59235

#B59235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59235
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 3.27, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 52.22, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0045 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.117 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9792, 30.6405, 7.7026)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59235 #3558B5

analogous

#B55235 #B59235 #98B535

triadic

#B59235 #35B592 #9235B5

tetradic

#B59235 #35B552 #3558B5 #B53598

square

#B59235 #35B552 #3558B5 #B53598

split-complementary

#B59235 #3598B5 #5235B5

monochromatic

#564619 #866C27 #B59235 #CEAE59 #DCC588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B59235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B59235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59235

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59235	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)

#A39129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb172',
    500: '#b59235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59235;
$custom-light: #cfb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67541,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59235

secondary

#8093C6

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59235

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

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