#B59241#B59241

#B59241 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59241
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 3.99, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 46.97, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0081 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.108 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2907, 30.7650, 9.3428)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59241 #4164B5

analogous

#B55841 #B59241 #9EB541

triadic

#B59241 #41B592 #9241B5

tetradic

#B59241 #41B558 #4164B5 #B5419E

square

#B59241 #41B558 #4164B5 #B5419E

split-complementary

#B59241 #419EB5 #5841B5

monochromatic

#5B4921 #886E31 #B59241 #C9AD6A #DAC597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B59241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#B59241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59241

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59241	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)

#A29138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb179',
    500: '#b59241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59241;
$custom-light: #ceb179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67658,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59241

secondary

#8C9EC5

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59241

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

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