#B59A41#B59A41

#B59A41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A41
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -0.37, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 49.12, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0045 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.112 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5673, 33.3183, 9.7684)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A41 #415CB5

analogous

#B56041 #B59A41 #96B541

triadic

#B59A41 #41B59A #9A41B5

tetradic

#B59A41 #41B560 #415CB5 #B54196

square

#B59A41 #41B560 #415CB5 #B54196

split-complementary

#B59A41 #4196B5 #6041B5

monochromatic

#5B4D21 #887431 #B59A41 #C9B36A #DACA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B59A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A41

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A41	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)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb779',
    500: '#b59a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a41;
$custom-light: #ceb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69321,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A41

secondary

#8C9AC5

accent

#70D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A41

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

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