#B59E44#B59E44

#B59E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E44
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -2.32, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 48.99, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0098 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.113 95)
XYZ	xyz(32.3277, 34.6964, 10.4620)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E44 #445BB5

analogous

#B56644 #B59E44 #94B544

triadic

#B59E44 #44B59E #9E44B5

tetradic

#B59E44 #44B566 #445BB5 #B54494

square

#B59E44 #44B566 #445BB5 #B54494

split-complementary

#B59E44 #4494B5 #6644B5

monochromatic

#5C5023 #897733 #B59E44 #C8B66E #D9CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B59E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E44

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E44	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)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7b',
    500: '#b59e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e44;
$custom-light: #ceba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70194,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.34695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E44

secondary

#909AC5

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E44

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

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