#B19C59#B19C59

#B19C59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.090 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19C59
RGB	rgb(177, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -1.25, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 37.73, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0039 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.09 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8242, 33.8467, 14.3060)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19C59 #596EB1

analogous

#B17059 #B19C59 #9AB159

triadic

#B19C59 #59B19C #9C59B1

tetradic

#B19C59 #59B170 #596EB1 #B1599A

square

#B19C59 #59B170 #596EB1 #B1599A

split-complementary

#B19C59 #599AB1 #7059B1

monochromatic

#62552E #8B7A41 #B19C59 #C5B583 #D8CEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B19C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B19C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19C59

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19C59	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.090 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab989',
    500: '#b19c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19c59;
$custom-light: #cab989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.682,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19C59

secondary

#A0A9C6

accent

#77CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19C59

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

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