#B59E40#B59E40

#B59E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E40
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -2.59, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 50.79, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.011 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.116 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2098, 34.6492, 9.8409)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E40 #4057B5

analogous

#B56340 #B59E40 #91B540

triadic

#B59E40 #40B59E #9E40B5

tetradic

#B59E40 #40B563 #4057B5 #B54091

square

#B59E40 #40B563 #4057B5 #B54091

split-complementary

#B59E40 #4091B5 #6340B5

monochromatic

#5B4F20 #887730 #B59E40 #CAB768 #DACC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B59E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E40

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E40	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba79',
    500: '#b59e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e40;
$custom-light: #ceba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70153,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E40

secondary

#8B97C5

accent

#6BD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E40

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

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