#B59840#B59840

#B59840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59840
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 0.65, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 48.99, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0017 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.112 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2112, 32.6521, 9.5080)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59840 #405DB5

analogous

#B55D40 #B59840 #97B540

triadic

#B59840 #40B598 #9840B5

tetradic

#B59840 #40B55D #405DB5 #B54097

square

#B59840 #40B55D #405DB5 #B54097

split-complementary

#B59840 #4097B5 #5D40B5

monochromatic

#5B4C20 #887230 #B59840 #CAB268 #DAC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B59840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B59840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59840

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59840	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)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb679',
    500: '#b59840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59840;
$custom-light: #ceb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68892,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59840

secondary

#8B9AC5

accent

#72D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59840

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

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