#B59242#B59242

#B59242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.107 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59242
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 4.06, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 46.51, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0084 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.107 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3199, 30.7767, 9.4967)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59242 #4265B5

analogous

#B55842 #B59242 #9EB542

triadic

#B59242 #42B592 #9242B5

tetradic

#B59242 #42B558 #4265B5 #B5429E

square

#B59242 #42B558 #4265B5 #B5429E

split-complementary

#B59242 #429EB5 #5842B5

monochromatic

#5B4A21 #886E32 #B59242 #C9AC6B #D9C698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B59242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#B59242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59242

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59242	1.00	2.94	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.107 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb179',
    500: '#b59242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59242;
$custom-light: #ceb179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67669,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59242

secondary

#8E9EC5

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59242

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

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