#B59E42#B59E42

#B59E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E42
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -2.46, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 49.89, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0104 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.114 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2677, 34.6724, 10.1460)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E42 #4259B5

analogous

#B56442 #B59E42 #92B542

triadic

#B59E42 #42B59E #9E42B5

tetradic

#B59E42 #42B564 #4259B5 #B54292

square

#B59E42 #42B564 #4259B5 #B54292

split-complementary

#B59E42 #4292B5 #6442B5

monochromatic

#5B5021 #887732 #B59E42 #C9B66B #D9CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B59E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E42

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E42	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7a',
    500: '#b59e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e42;
$custom-light: #ceba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70173,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E42

secondary

#8E99C5

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E42

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

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