#B79042#B79042

#B79042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79042
RGB	rgb(183, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 6.03, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 46.44, 82.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.014 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.107 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4867, 30.4091, 9.4170)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79042 #4269B7

analogous

#B75642 #B79042 #A4B742

triadic

#B79042 #42B790 #9042B7

tetradic

#B79042 #42B756 #4269B7 #B742A4

square

#B79042 #42B756 #4269B7 #B742A4

split-complementary

#B79042 #42A4B7 #5642B7

monochromatic

#5D4922 #8A6D32 #B79042 #CAAB6C #DAC599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B79042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B79042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79042

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79042	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b079',
    500: '#b79042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79042;
$custom-light: #d0b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67471,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79042

secondary

#8FA1C6

accent

#7ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79042

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

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