#B59536#B59536

#B59536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59536
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 1.69, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 52.53, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.118 90)
XYZ	xyz(30.4710, 31.5868, 7.9812)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59536 #3656B5

analogous

#B55536 #B59536 #95B536

triadic

#B59536 #36B595 #9536B5

tetradic

#B59536 #36B555 #3656B5 #B53695

square

#B59536 #36B555 #3656B5 #B53695

split-complementary

#B59536 #3695B5 #5536B5

monochromatic

#57471A #866E28 #B59536 #CEB15A #DCC789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B59536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59536

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59536	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)

#A69329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb372',
    500: '#b59536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59536;
$custom-light: #cfb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68172,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.31585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59536

secondary

#8192C6

accent

#6FDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59536

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

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