#B59451#B59451

#B59451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.094 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59451
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 4.10, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 39.91, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0105 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.094 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1325, 31.5994, 12.2425)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59451 #5172B5

analogous

#B56251 #B59451 #A4B551

triadic

#B59451 #51B594 #9451B5

tetradic

#B59451 #51B562 #5172B5 #B551A4

square

#B59451 #51B562 #5172B5 #B551A4

split-complementary

#B59451 #51A4B5 #6251B5

monochromatic

#624F2A #8D723C #B59451 #C7AE7C #DAC9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B59451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59451

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59451	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3934B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.094 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb383',
    500: '#b59451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59451;
$custom-light: #ceb383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68268,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59451

secondary

#9BA9C7

accent

#7FD058

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F5EF

border

#D2CFCA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59451

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

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