#B59C40#B59C40

#B59C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C40
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -1.51, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 50.17, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0079 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.115 94)
XYZ	xyz(31.8714, 33.9725, 9.7281)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C40 #4059B5

analogous

#B56140 #B59C40 #94B540

triadic

#B59C40 #40B59C #9C40B5

tetradic

#B59C40 #40B561 #4059B5 #B54094

square

#B59C40 #40B561 #4059B5 #B54094

split-complementary

#B59C40 #4094B5 #6140B5

monochromatic

#5B4E20 #887530 #B59C40 #CAB568 #DACB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C40

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C40	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb879',
    500: '#b59c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c40;
$custom-light: #ceb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.33971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C40

secondary

#8B98C5

accent

#6DD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C40

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

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