#B59C46#B59C46

#B59C46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C46
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -1.11, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 47.44, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.006 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.11 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0514, 34.0445, 10.6762)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C46 #465FB5

analogous

#B56446 #B59C46 #97B546

triadic

#B59C46 #46B59C #9C46B5

tetradic

#B59C46 #46B564 #465FB5 #B54697

square

#B59C46 #46B564 #465FB5 #B54697

split-complementary

#B59C46 #4697B5 #6446B5

monochromatic

#5D5024 #897635 #B59C46 #C8B470 #D9CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B59C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C46

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C46	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87d',
    500: '#b59c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c46;
$custom-light: #ceb87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.486,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69794,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C46

secondary

#929DC5

accent

#71D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C46

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

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