#B59C49#B59C49

#B59C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.107 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C49
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -0.89, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 46.04, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.005 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.107 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1485, 34.0833, 11.1874)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C49 #4962B5

analogous

#B56649 #B59C49 #98B549

triadic

#B59C49 #49B59C #9C49B5

tetradic

#B59C49 #49B566 #4962B5 #B54998

square

#B59C49 #49B566 #4962B5 #B54998

split-complementary

#B59C49 #4998B5 #6649B5

monochromatic

#5E5126 #897637 #B59C49 #C7B474 #D9CBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B59C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C49

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C49	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.107 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb87f',
    500: '#b59c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c49;
$custom-light: #ceb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69828,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C49

secondary

#94A0C5

accent

#72D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C49

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

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