#B59A49#B59A49

#B59A49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A49
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 0.19, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 45.43, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0019 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.105 91)
XYZ	xyz(31.8157, 33.4177, 11.0765)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A49 #4964B5

analogous

#B56449 #B59A49 #9AB549

triadic

#B59A49 #49B59A #9A49B5

tetradic

#B59A49 #49B564 #4964B5 #B5499A

square

#B59A49 #49B564 #4964B5 #B5499A

split-complementary

#B59A49 #499AB5 #6449B5

monochromatic

#5E5026 #897537 #B59A49 #C7B274 #D9CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B59A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A49

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A49	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)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb77e',
    500: '#b59a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a49;
$custom-light: #ceb77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69409,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.33416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A49

secondary

#94A1C5

accent

#75D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A49

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

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