#B59A48#B59A48

#B59A48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A48
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 0.12, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 45.90, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0022 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.106 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7828, 33.4045, 10.9033)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A48 #4863B5

analogous

#B56448 #B59A48 #99B548

triadic

#B59A48 #48B59A #9A48B5

tetradic

#B59A48 #48B564 #4863B5 #B54899

square

#B59A48 #48B564 #4863B5 #B54899

split-complementary

#B59A48 #4899B5 #6448B5

monochromatic

#5D4F25 #897537 #B59A48 #C7B273 #D9CA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B59A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A48

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A48	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#A99840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb77e',
    500: '#b59a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a48;
$custom-light: #ceb77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69398,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A48

secondary

#93A0C5

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A48

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

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