#B59A43#B59A43

#B59A43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.111 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A43
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -0.23, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 48.21, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0039 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.111 92)
XYZ	xyz(31.6263, 33.3419, 10.0789)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A43 #435EB5

analogous

#B56143 #B59A43 #97B543

triadic

#B59A43 #43B59A #9A43B5

tetradic

#B59A43 #43B561 #435EB5 #B54397

square

#B59A43 #43B561 #435EB5 #B54397

split-complementary

#B59A43 #4397B5 #6143B5

monochromatic

#5C4E22 #887432 #B59A43 #C9B36C #D9CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B59A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A43

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A43	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)

#A9983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.111 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb77b',
    500: '#b59a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a43;
$custom-light: #ceb77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69342,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.3334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A43

secondary

#8F9BC5

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A43

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

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