#B59A42#B59A42

#B59A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A42
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -0.30, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 48.67, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0042 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.112 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5965, 33.3300, 9.9223)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A42 #425DB5

analogous

#B56042 #B59A42 #96B542

triadic

#B59A42 #42B59A #9A42B5

tetradic

#B59A42 #42B560 #425DB5 #B54296

square

#B59A42 #42B560 #425DB5 #B54296

split-complementary

#B59A42 #4296B5 #6042B5

monochromatic

#5B4E21 #887432 #B59A42 #C9B36B #D9CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B59A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A42

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A42	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb77a',
    500: '#b59a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a42;
$custom-light: #ceb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69331,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A42

secondary

#8E9BC5

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A42

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

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