#B59442#B59442

#B59442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.108 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59442
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 2.96, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 47.01, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0053 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.108 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6309, 31.3987, 9.6004)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59442 #4263B5

analogous

#B55A42 #B59442 #9CB542

triadic

#B59442 #42B594 #9442B5

tetradic

#B59442 #42B55A #4263B5 #B5429C

square

#B59442 #42B55A #4263B5 #B5429C

split-complementary

#B59442 #429CB5 #5A42B5

monochromatic

#5B4B21 #886F32 #B59442 #C9AE6B #D9C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B59442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B59442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59442

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59442	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.108 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb37a',
    500: '#b59442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59442;
$custom-light: #ceb37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.783,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68082,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59442

secondary

#8E9EC5

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59442

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

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