#B59438#B59438

#B59438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59438
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 2.34, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 51.44, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0022 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.116 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3614, 31.2909, 8.1812)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59438 #3859B5

analogous

#B55638 #B59438 #98B538

triadic

#B59438 #38B594 #9438B5

tetradic

#B59438 #38B556 #3859B5 #B53898

square

#B59438 #38B556 #3859B5 #B53898

split-complementary

#B59438 #3898B5 #5638B5

monochromatic

#58481B #866E2A #B59438 #CDAF5D #DBC68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B59438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#B59438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59438

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59438	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb373',
    500: '#b59438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59438;
$custom-light: #cfb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59438

secondary

#8395C6

accent

#72DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59438

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

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