Color
#B58600
Warm brown. Nearest reference color: Dark goldenrod.
RGB
0–255CMYK
0–100%RGB describes how #B58600 is represented with light on digital screens. This color combines red 181, green 134 and blue 0.
CMYK describes the same color using the four components commonly used in printing: cyan 0%, magenta 25.97%, yellow 100% and black 29.02%.
HSL values
In the HSL color model, #B58600 has a hue of 44.42°, 100% saturation and 35.49% lightness. The sliders below show where this color sits across each of these three dimensions.
Color insight
#B58600 is a medium, warm brown with moderate chroma.
- Temperature
- Warm
- Lightness
- Medium
- Chroma
- Moderate
Color formats
Copy #B58600 in a format ready to use in CSS, design tools or other applications.
#B58600
rgb(181, 134, 0)
hsl(44.42 100% 35.49%)
oklch(0.648412 0.133166 83.6576)
--color: #B58600;
Tints of #B58600
Tints are lighter variations of #B58600. They keep the character of the original color while moving progressively toward a lighter appearance.
Shades of #B58600
Shades are darker variations of #B58600. Moving toward black increases visual depth while preserving the underlying hue of the color.
Tones of #B58600
Tones reduce the chroma of #B58600, producing quieter and more muted variations without simply making the color lighter or darker.
Tonal range of #B58600
A continuous light-to-dark scale places #B58600 between its lighter tints and deeper shades.
CSS color scale
Use this tonal range as reusable CSS custom properties.
:root {
--color-100: #FFECC9;
--color-200: #FFCE68;
--color-300: #E6B54C;
--color-400: #CD9D2F;
--color-500: #B58600;
--color-600: #856100;
--color-700: #573F00;
--color-800: #2E1F00;
--color-900: #0A0500;
}Colors that go with #B58600
Color harmonies for #B58600 are generated by rotating its hue in the OKLCH color space while preserving its lightness and chroma. This creates classic complementary, analogous, triadic and other hue relationships with more consistent perceptual balance.
Complementary
Opposite on the color wheel, creating the strongest direct hue contrast.
Triadic
Three evenly spaced hues that create a broader, balanced color relationship.
Split complementary
Two hues around the complementary color, providing contrast with more variation.
CSS gradients with #B58600
These gradients show how #B58600 moves toward white, black and its complementary color. Each gradient includes ready-to-use CSS that can be copied directly into a project.
Toward white
A light gradient that moves from the original color toward white.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #B58600, #C8A45C, #DAC294, #EDE1CA, #FFFFFF);
Toward black
A dark gradient that moves from the original color toward black.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #B58600, #7A5900, #443000, #140C00, #000000);
Text contrast and accessibility
Contrast determines how clearly text can be distinguished from #B58600. The values below compare white and black text using WCAG contrast ratios.
Recommended text color: #000000 . Relative luminance: 0.2687 .
Accessible CSS
Use the recommended text color with #B58600 as the background.
background-color: #B58600;
color: #000000;Using #B58600 in design
See how #B58600 works in a simple interface. The examples below use the color as a background, accent and interface element, with text chosen from its accessibility result.
#B58600 used as a full background with its recommended text color.
Use #B58600 to emphasize selected interface elements without filling the entire surface.
Colors similar to #B58600
These nearby colors are generated from perceptual variations of #B58600, including changes in lightness, chroma and hue.
Color vision simulation
The simulations below show mathematical approximations of how #B58600 may shift under three forms of color vision deficiency. They are simulations, not a diagnosis or an exact representation of any individual person's vision.
Simulation based on the model by Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.113.
Advanced color values
Beyond RGB, CMYK and HSL, #B58600 can also be represented in perceptual and device-independent color spaces used in color science and modern design tools.
XYZ
- X
- 27.5832
- Y
- 26.8762
- Z
- 3.7349
CIELAB
- L*
- 58.8595
- a*
- 8.3631
- b*
- 64.0848
OKLab
- L
- 0.648412
- a
- 0.014711
- b
- 0.132351
OKLCH
- L
- 0.648412
- C
- 0.133166
- H
- 83.6576°