#B59A47#B59A47

#B59A47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.107 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A47
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 0.05, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 46.37, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0026 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.107 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7504, 33.3916, 10.7329)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A47 #4762B5

analogous

#B56347 #B59A47 #99B547

triadic

#B59A47 #47B59A #9A47B5

tetradic

#B59A47 #47B563 #4762B5 #B54799

square

#B59A47 #47B563 #4762B5 #B54799

split-complementary

#B59A47 #4799B5 #6347B5

monochromatic

#5D4F25 #897536 #B59A47 #C8B272 #D9CA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B59A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A47

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A47	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)

#A9983F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.107 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb77d',
    500: '#b59a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a47;
$custom-light: #ceb77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69386,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A47

secondary

#939FC5

accent

#74D354

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A47

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

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