#B59440#B59440

#B59440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59440
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 2.83, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 47.92, 86.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0046 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.109 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5730, 31.3756, 9.2953)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59440 #4061B5

analogous

#B55940 #B59440 #9BB540

triadic

#B59440 #40B594 #9440B5

tetradic

#B59440 #40B559 #4061B5 #B5409B

square

#B59440 #40B559 #4061B5 #B5409B

split-complementary

#B59440 #409BB5 #5940B5

monochromatic

#5B4A20 #886F30 #B59440 #CAAE68 #DAC796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B59440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B59440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59440

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59440	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb378',
    500: '#b59440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59440;
$custom-light: #ceb378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6806,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59440

secondary

#8B9CC5

accent

#76D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59440

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

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