#B59B39#B59B39

#B59B39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B39
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -1.40, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 52.91, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0085 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.119 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5175, 33.5636, 8.6884)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B39 #3953B5

analogous

#B55D39 #B59B39 #91B539

triadic

#B59B39 #39B59B #9B39B5

tetradic

#B59B39 #39B55D #3953B5 #B53991

square

#B59B39 #39B55D #3953B5 #B53991

split-complementary

#B59B39 #3991B5 #5D39B5

monochromatic

#584B1C #86732A #B59B39 #CDB55F #DBCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B59B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B39

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B39	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb875',
    500: '#b59b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b39;
$custom-light: #cfb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69454,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B39

secondary

#8492C6

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B39

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

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