#B59C41#B59C41

#B59C41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C41
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -1.45, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 49.72, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0076 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.114 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9001, 33.9840, 9.8793)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C41 #415AB5

analogous

#B56241 #B59C41 #94B541

triadic

#B59C41 #41B59C #9C41B5

tetradic

#B59C41 #41B562 #415AB5 #B54194

square

#B59C41 #41B562 #415AB5 #B54194

split-complementary

#B59C41 #4194B5 #6241B5

monochromatic

#5B4E21 #887531 #B59C41 #C9B56A #DACB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B59C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C41

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C41	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb879',
    500: '#b59c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c41;
$custom-light: #ceb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69741,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C41

secondary

#8C99C5

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C41

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

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