#B59B46#B59B46

#B59B46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B46
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -0.57, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 47.13, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0045 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.109 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8843, 33.7103, 10.6205)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B46 #4660B5

analogous

#B56446 #B59B46 #98B546

triadic

#B59B46 #46B59B #9B46B5

tetradic

#B59B46 #46B564 #4660B5 #B54698

square

#B59B46 #46B564 #4660B5 #B54698

split-complementary

#B59B46 #4698B5 #6446B5

monochromatic

#5D4F24 #897535 #B59B46 #C8B370 #D9CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B59B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B46

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B46	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)

#AA993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87d',
    500: '#b59b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b46;
$custom-light: #ceb87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69584,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B46

secondary

#929EC5

accent

#72D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B46

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

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