#B59943#B59943

#B59943 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.110 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59943
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 0.31, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 47.92, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0023 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.11 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4619, 33.0132, 10.0241)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59943 #435FB5

analogous

#B56043 #B59943 #98B543

triadic

#B59943 #43B599 #9943B5

tetradic

#B59943 #43B560 #435FB5 #B54398

square

#B59943 #43B560 #435FB5 #B54398

split-complementary

#B59943 #4398B5 #6043B5

monochromatic

#5C4D22 #887332 #B59943 #C9B26C #D9CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B59943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B59943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59943

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59943	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9973A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.110 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb67b',
    500: '#b59943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59943;
$custom-light: #ceb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69132,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59943

secondary

#8F9CC5

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59943

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

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