#B59945#B59945

#B59945 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.108 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59945
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 0.45, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 47.00, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0017 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.108 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5229, 33.0376, 10.3456)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59945 #4561B5

analogous

#B56145 #B59945 #99B545

triadic

#B59945 #45B599 #9945B5

tetradic

#B59945 #45B561 #4561B5 #B54599

square

#B59945 #45B561 #4561B5 #B54599

split-complementary

#B59945 #4599B5 #6145B5

monochromatic

#5C4E23 #897434 #B59945 #C8B26F #D9CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B59945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B59945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59945

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59945	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8973C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.108 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb67c',
    500: '#b59945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59945;
$custom-light: #ceb67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69154,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59945

secondary

#919EC5

accent

#74D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59945

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

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