#B59539#B59539

#B59539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.115 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59539
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 1.86, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 51.26, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0009 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.115 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5437, 31.6159, 8.3638)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59539 #3959B5

analogous

#B55739 #B59539 #97B539

triadic

#B59539 #39B595 #9539B5

tetradic

#B59539 #39B557 #3959B5 #B53997

square

#B59539 #39B557 #3959B5 #B53997

split-complementary

#B59539 #3997B5 #5739B5

monochromatic

#58481C #866F2A #B59539 #CDB05F #DBC78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B59539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59539

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59539	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)

#A5932E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.115 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb374',
    500: '#b59539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59539;
$custom-light: #cfb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68199,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59539

secondary

#8495C6

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59539

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

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