#B59842#B59842

#B59842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.110 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59842
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 0.78, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 48.09, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0011 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.11 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2692, 32.6753, 9.8132)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59842 #425FB5

analogous

#B55E42 #B59842 #98B542

triadic

#B59842 #42B598 #9842B5

tetradic

#B59842 #42B55E #425FB5 #B54298

square

#B59842 #42B55E #425FB5 #B54298

split-complementary

#B59842 #4298B5 #5E42B5

monochromatic

#5B4D21 #887232 #B59842 #C9B16B #D9C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B59842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B59842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59842

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59842	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.110 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb67a',
    500: '#b59842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59842;
$custom-light: #ceb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.87,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68913,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59842

secondary

#8E9CC5

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59842

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

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