#B59B44#B59B44

#B59B44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B44
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -0.71, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 48.05, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0051 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.111 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8222, 33.6855, 10.2935)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B44 #445EB5

analogous

#B56344 #B59B44 #97B544

triadic

#B59B44 #44B59B #9B44B5

tetradic

#B59B44 #44B563 #445EB5 #B54497

square

#B59B44 #44B563 #445EB5 #B54497

split-complementary

#B59B44 #4497B5 #6344B5

monochromatic

#5C4F23 #897533 #B59B44 #C8B46E #D9CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B59B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B44

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B44	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87b',
    500: '#b59b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b44;
$custom-light: #ceb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69562,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B44

secondary

#909CC5

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B44

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

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