#B59A40#B59A40

#B59A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A40
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -0.43, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 49.57, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0048 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.113 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5386, 33.3068, 9.6171)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A40 #405BB5

analogous

#B55F40 #B59A40 #95B540

triadic

#B59A40 #40B59A #9A40B5

tetradic

#B59A40 #40B55F #405BB5 #B54095

square

#B59A40 #40B55F #405BB5 #B54095

split-complementary

#B59A40 #4095B5 #5F40B5

monochromatic

#5B4D20 #887430 #B59A40 #CAB368 #DACA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B59A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A40

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A40	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb779',
    500: '#b59a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a40;
$custom-light: #ceb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6931,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A40

secondary

#8B99C5

accent

#70D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A40

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

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