#B59E43#B59E43

#B59E43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E43
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -2.39, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 49.44, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0101 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.114 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2975, 34.6843, 10.3026)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E43 #435AB5

analogous

#B56543 #B59E43 #93B543

triadic

#B59E43 #43B59E #9E43B5

tetradic

#B59E43 #43B565 #435AB5 #B54393

square

#B59E43 #43B565 #435AB5 #B54393

split-complementary

#B59E43 #4393B5 #6543B5

monochromatic

#5C5022 #887732 #B59E43 #C9B66C #D9CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B59E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E43

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E43	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7b',
    500: '#b59e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e43;
$custom-light: #ceba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70183,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E43

secondary

#8F9AC5

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E43

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

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