#B59B40#B59B40

#B59B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B40
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -0.97, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 49.86, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0064 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.114 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7043, 33.6383, 9.6724)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B40 #405AB5

analogous

#B56140 #B59B40 #94B540

triadic

#B59B40 #40B59B #9B40B5

tetradic

#B59B40 #40B561 #405AB5 #B54094

square

#B59B40 #40B561 #405AB5 #B54094

split-complementary

#B59B40 #4094B5 #6140B5

monochromatic

#5B4E20 #887430 #B59B40 #CAB468 #DACB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B59B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B40

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B40	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb879',
    500: '#b59b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b40;
$custom-light: #ceb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6952,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B40

secondary

#8B98C5

accent

#6ED750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B40

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

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