#B59538#B59538

#B59538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.116 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59538
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 1.80, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 51.69, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0006 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.116 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5190, 31.6060, 8.2337)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59538 #3858B5

analogous

#B55738 #B59538 #97B538

triadic

#B59538 #38B595 #9538B5

tetradic

#B59538 #38B557 #3858B5 #B53897

square

#B59538 #38B557 #3858B5 #B53897

split-complementary

#B59538 #3897B5 #5738B5

monochromatic

#58481B #866F2A #B59538 #CDB05D #DBC78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B59538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59538

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59538	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)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.116 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb374',
    500: '#b59538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59538;
$custom-light: #cfb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68189,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59538

secondary

#8394C6

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59538

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

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