#B59B42#B59B42

#B59B42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B42
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -0.84, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 48.97, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0058 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.112 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7623, 33.6615, 9.9775)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B42 #425CB5

analogous

#B56142 #B59B42 #95B542

triadic

#B59B42 #42B59B #9B42B5

tetradic

#B59B42 #42B561 #425CB5 #B54295

square

#B59B42 #42B561 #425CB5 #B54295

split-complementary

#B59B42 #4295B5 #6142B5

monochromatic

#5B4E21 #887532 #B59B42 #C9B46B #D9CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B59B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B42

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B42	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87a',
    500: '#b59b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b42;
$custom-light: #ceb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B42

secondary

#8E9AC5

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B42

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

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