#B59C42#B59C42

#B59C42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C42
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -1.38, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 49.27, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0073 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.113 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9294, 33.9957, 10.0332)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C42 #425BB5

analogous

#B56342 #B59C42 #94B542

triadic

#B59C42 #42B59C #9C42B5

tetradic

#B59C42 #42B563 #425BB5 #B54294

square

#B59C42 #42B563 #425BB5 #B54294

split-complementary

#B59C42 #4294B5 #6342B5

monochromatic

#5B4F21 #887532 #B59C42 #C9B56B #D9CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B59C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C42

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C42	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)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87a',
    500: '#b59c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c42;
$custom-light: #ceb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69751,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C42

secondary

#8E9AC5

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C42

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

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