#B59249#B59249

#B59249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.101 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59249
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 4.56, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 43.25, 83.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0108 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.101 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5390, 30.8644, 10.6509)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59249 #496CB5

analogous

#B55C49 #B59249 #A2B549

triadic

#B59249 #49B592 #9249B5

tetradic

#B59249 #49B55C #496CB5 #B549A2

square

#B59249 #49B55C #496CB5 #B549A2

split-complementary

#B59249 #49A2B5 #5C49B5

monochromatic

#5E4C26 #896F37 #B59249 #C7AC74 #D9C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B59249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#B59249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59249

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59249	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.101 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb17e',
    500: '#b59249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59249;
$custom-light: #ceb17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.556,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67752,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59249

secondary

#94A4C5

accent

#7ED255

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59249

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

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