#B59240#B59240

#B59240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.108 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59240
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 3.92, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 47.43, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0078 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.108 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2620, 30.7536, 9.1916)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59240 #4063B5

analogous

#B55740 #B59240 #9DB540

triadic

#B59240 #40B592 #9240B5

tetradic

#B59240 #40B557 #4063B5 #B5409D

square

#B59240 #40B557 #4063B5 #B5409D

split-complementary

#B59240 #409DB5 #5740B5

monochromatic

#5B4920 #886E30 #B59240 #CAAD68 #DAC596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B59240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#B59240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59240

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59240	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.108 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb178',
    500: '#b59240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59240;
$custom-light: #ceb178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59240

secondary

#8B9DC5

accent

#79D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59240

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

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