#B59C44#B59C44

#B59C44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C44
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -1.25, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 48.36, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0067 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.111 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9894, 34.0197, 10.3492)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C44 #445DB5

analogous

#B56444 #B59C44 #96B544

triadic

#B59C44 #44B59C #9C44B5

tetradic

#B59C44 #44B564 #445DB5 #B54496

square

#B59C44 #44B564 #445DB5 #B54496

split-complementary

#B59C44 #4496B5 #6444B5

monochromatic

#5C4F23 #897633 #B59C44 #C8B46E #D9CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B59C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C44

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C44	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)

#AB993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87b',
    500: '#b59c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c44;
$custom-light: #ceb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69772,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C44

secondary

#909BC5

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C44

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

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