#B59238#B59238

#B59238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59238
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 3.44, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 50.95, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.0053 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.115 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0504, 30.6689, 8.0775)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59238 #385BB5

analogous

#B55438 #B59238 #9AB538

triadic

#B59238 #38B592 #9238B5

tetradic

#B59238 #38B554 #385BB5 #B5389A

square

#B59238 #38B554 #385BB5 #B5389A

split-complementary

#B59238 #389AB5 #5438B5

monochromatic

#58471B #866C2A #B59238 #CDAE5D #DBC58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B59238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B59238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59238

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59238	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb173',
    500: '#b59238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59238;
$custom-light: #cfb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67568,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59238

secondary

#8396C6

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59238

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

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