#B59236#B59236

#B59236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59236
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 3.33, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 51.80, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0048 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.116 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0025, 30.6498, 7.8251)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59236 #3659B5

analogous

#B55236 #B59236 #98B536

triadic

#B59236 #36B592 #9236B5

tetradic

#B59236 #36B552 #3659B5 #B53698

square

#B59236 #36B552 #3659B5 #B53698

split-complementary

#B59236 #3698B5 #5236B5

monochromatic

#57461A #866C28 #B59236 #CEAE5A #DCC589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B59236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B59236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59236

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59236	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)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb172',
    500: '#b59236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59236;
$custom-light: #cfb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6755,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59236

secondary

#8194C6

accent

#73DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59236

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

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