#B59342#B59342

#B59342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.107 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59342
RGB	rgb(181, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 3.51, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 46.76, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0068 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.107 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4747, 31.0864, 9.5483)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59342 #4264B5

analogous

#B55942 #B59342 #9DB542

triadic

#B59342 #42B593 #9342B5

tetradic

#B59342 #42B559 #4264B5 #B5429D

square

#B59342 #42B559 #4264B5 #B5429D

split-complementary

#B59342 #429DB5 #5942B5

monochromatic

#5B4A21 #886F32 #B59342 #C9AD6B #D9C698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B59342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#B59342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59342

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59342	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.107 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb279',
    500: '#b59342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59342;
$custom-light: #ceb279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67875,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59342

secondary

#8E9EC5

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59342

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

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