#B59B48#B59B48

#B59B48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.107 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B48
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -0.42, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 46.20, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0038 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.107 92)
XYZ	xyz(31.9485, 33.7360, 10.9585)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B48 #4862B5

analogous

#B56548 #B59B48 #99B548

triadic

#B59B48 #48B59B #9B48B5

tetradic

#B59B48 #48B565 #4862B5 #B54899

square

#B59B48 #48B565 #4862B5 #B54899

split-complementary

#B59B48 #4899B5 #6548B5

monochromatic

#5D5025 #897637 #B59B48 #C7B373 #D9CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B59B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B48

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B48	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.107 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87e',
    500: '#b59b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b48;
$custom-light: #ceb87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.33734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B48

secondary

#939FC5

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B48

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

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