#B59A46#B59A46

#B59A46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A46
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -0.03, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 46.83, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0029 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.108 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7186, 33.3788, 10.5652)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A46 #4661B5

analogous

#B56246 #B59A46 #99B546

triadic

#B59A46 #46B59A #9A46B5

tetradic

#B59A46 #46B562 #4661B5 #B54699

square

#B59A46 #46B562 #4661B5 #B54699

split-complementary

#B59A46 #4699B5 #6246B5

monochromatic

#5D4F24 #897435 #B59A46 #C8B370 #D9CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B59A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A46

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A46	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb77c',
    500: '#b59a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a46;
$custom-light: #ceb77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69375,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A46

secondary

#929EC5

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A46

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

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