#B59B45#B59B45

#B59B45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.110 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B45
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -0.64, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 47.59, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0048 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.11 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8530, 33.6978, 10.4556)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B45 #455FB5

analogous

#B56345 #B59B45 #97B545

triadic

#B59B45 #45B59B #9B45B5

tetradic

#B59B45 #45B563 #455FB5 #B54597

square

#B59B45 #45B563 #455FB5 #B54597

split-complementary

#B59B45 #4597B5 #6345B5

monochromatic

#5C4F23 #897534 #B59B45 #C8B36F #D9CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B59B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B45

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B45	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)

#AA993C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.110 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87c',
    500: '#b59b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b45;
$custom-light: #ceb87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69573,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B45

secondary

#919DC5

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B45

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

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