#B59243#B59243

#B59243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.106 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59243
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 4.13, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 46.05, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0088 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.106 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3496, 30.7886, 9.6534)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59243 #4366B5

analogous

#B55943 #B59243 #9FB543

triadic

#B59243 #43B592 #9243B5

tetradic

#B59243 #43B559 #4366B5 #B5439F

square

#B59243 #43B559 #4366B5 #B5439F

split-complementary

#B59243 #439FB5 #5943B5

monochromatic

#5C4A22 #886E32 #B59243 #C9AC6C #D9C699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B59243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#B59243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59243

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59243	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	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)

#A2913B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.106 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb17a',
    500: '#b59243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59243;
$custom-light: #ceb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.579,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67681,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59243

secondary

#8F9FC5

accent

#7BD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59243

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

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