#B59E41#B59E41

#B59E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E41
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -2.53, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 50.34, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0107 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.115 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2385, 34.6607, 9.9921)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E41 #4158B5

analogous

#B56441 #B59E41 #92B541

triadic

#B59E41 #41B59E #9E41B5

tetradic

#B59E41 #41B564 #4158B5 #B54192

square

#B59E41 #41B564 #4158B5 #B54192

split-complementary

#B59E41 #4192B5 #6441B5

monochromatic

#5B4F21 #887731 #B59E41 #C9B66A #DACC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B59E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E41

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E41	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)

#AD9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7a',
    500: '#b59e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e41;
$custom-light: #ceba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E41

secondary

#8C98C5

accent

#6CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E41

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

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