#B59B41#B59B41

#B59B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B41
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -0.91, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 49.42, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0061 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.113 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7330, 33.6498, 9.8236)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B41 #415BB5

analogous

#B56141 #B59B41 #95B541

triadic

#B59B41 #41B59B #9B41B5

tetradic

#B59B41 #41B561 #415BB5 #B54195

square

#B59B41 #41B561 #415BB5 #B54195

split-complementary

#B59B41 #4195B5 #6141B5

monochromatic

#5B4E21 #887431 #B59B41 #C9B46A #DACB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B59B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B41

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B41	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)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb879',
    500: '#b59b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b41;
$custom-light: #ceb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6953,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B41

secondary

#8C99C5

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B41

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

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