#B59944#B59944

#B59944 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.109 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59944
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 0.38, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 47.46, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.002 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.109 91)
XYZ	xyz(31.4922, 33.0253, 10.1835)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59944 #4460B5

analogous

#B56144 #B59944 #99B544

triadic

#B59944 #44B599 #9944B5

tetradic

#B59944 #44B561 #4460B5 #B54499

square

#B59944 #44B561 #4460B5 #B54499

split-complementary

#B59944 #4499B5 #6144B5

monochromatic

#5C4E23 #897333 #B59944 #C8B26E #D9CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B59944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B59944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59944

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59944	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)

#A8973B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.109 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb67b',
    500: '#b59944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59944;
$custom-light: #ceb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.33024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59944

secondary

#909DC5

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59944

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

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