#B59462#B59462

#B59462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.078 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59462
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 45.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, 5.70, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 31.55, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0171 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.078 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8517, 31.8871, 16.0300)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59462 #6283B5

analogous

#B56B62 #B59462 #ACB562

triadic

#B59462 #62B594 #9462B5

tetradic

#B59462 #62B56B #6283B5 #B562AC

square

#B59462 #62B56B #6283B5 #B562AC

split-complementary

#B59462 #62ACB5 #6B62B5

monochromatic

#6A5432 #947546 #B59462 #C9B08C #DCCDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B59462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B59462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59462

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59462	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.078 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb38f',
    500: '#b59462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59462;
$custom-light: #cdb38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.145,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68533,
    "c": 0.07768,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59462

secondary

#A8B6CB

accent

#88CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59462

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

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