#B59537#B59537

#B59537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59537
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 1.74, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 52.11, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0003 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.117 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4947, 31.5963, 8.1062)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59537 #3757B5

analogous

#B55637 #B59537 #96B537

triadic

#B59537 #37B595 #9537B5

tetradic

#B59537 #37B556 #3757B5 #B53796

square

#B59537 #37B556 #3757B5 #B53796

split-complementary

#B59537 #3796B5 #5637B5

monochromatic

#57481A #866E29 #B59537 #CDB15C #DCC78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B59537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59537

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59537	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)

#A6932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb373',
    500: '#b59537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59537;
$custom-light: #cfb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.762,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6818,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59537

secondary

#8293C6

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59537

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

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