#B59A39#B59A39

#B59A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A39
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -0.86, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 52.62, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0069 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.119 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3518, 33.2321, 8.6332)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A39 #3954B5

analogous

#B55C39 #B59A39 #92B539

triadic

#B59A39 #39B59A #9A39B5

tetradic

#B59A39 #39B55C #3954B5 #B53992

square

#B59A39 #39B55C #3954B5 #B53992

split-complementary

#B59A39 #3992B5 #5C39B5

monochromatic

#584B1C #86722A #B59A39 #CDB55F #DBCA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B59A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A39

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A39	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb775',
    500: '#b59a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a39;
$custom-light: #cfb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69244,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A39

secondary

#8492C6

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A39

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

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