#B59540#B59540

#B59540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59540
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 2.28, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 48.18, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.003 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.11 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7305, 31.6906, 9.3478)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59540 #4060B5

analogous

#B55B40 #B59540 #9AB540

triadic

#B59540 #40B595 #9540B5

tetradic

#B59540 #40B55B #4060B5 #B5409A

square

#B59540 #40B55B #4060B5 #B5409A

split-complementary

#B59540 #409AB5 #5B40B5

monochromatic

#5B4B20 #887030 #B59540 #CAAF68 #DAC796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B59540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B59540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59540

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59540	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb378',
    500: '#b59540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59540;
$custom-light: #ceb378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.59,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68268,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59540

secondary

#8B9BC5

accent

#75D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59540

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

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