#B59541#B59541

#B59541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.109 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59541
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 2.35, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 47.73, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% 0.0033 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.109 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7592, 31.7021, 9.4990)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59541 #4161B5

analogous

#B55B41 #B59541 #9BB541

triadic

#B59541 #41B595 #9541B5

tetradic

#B59541 #41B55B #4161B5 #B5419B

square

#B59541 #41B55B #4161B5 #B5419B

split-complementary

#B59541 #419BB5 #5B41B5

monochromatic

#5B4B21 #887031 #B59541 #C9AF6A #DAC797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B59541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B59541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59541

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59541	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)

#A59438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.109 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb379',
    500: '#b59541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59541;
$custom-light: #ceb379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68278,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59541

secondary

#8C9CC5

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59541

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

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