#B59949#B59949

#B59949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59949
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 0.74, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 45.13, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0003 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.105 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6513, 33.0889, 11.0217)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59949 #4965B5

analogous

#B56349 #B59949 #9BB549

triadic

#B59949 #49B599 #9949B5

tetradic

#B59949 #49B563 #4965B5 #B5499B

square

#B59949 #49B563 #4965B5 #B5499B

split-complementary

#B59949 #499BB5 #6349B5

monochromatic

#5E4F26 #897437 #B59949 #C7B274 #D9CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B59949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B59949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59949

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59949	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb67e',
    500: '#b59949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59949;
$custom-light: #ceb67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.692,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59949

secondary

#94A1C5

accent

#76D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59949

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →