#B59E45#B59E45

#B59E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E45
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -2.26, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 48.53, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0095 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.112 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3585, 34.7087, 10.6241)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E45 #455CB5

analogous

#B56645 #B59E45 #94B545

triadic

#B59E45 #45B59E #9E45B5

tetradic

#B59E45 #45B566 #455CB5 #B54594

square

#B59E45 #45B566 #455CB5 #B54594

split-complementary

#B59E45 #4594B5 #6645B5

monochromatic

#5C5123 #897734 #B59E45 #C8B66F #D9CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B59E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E45

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E45	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AD9B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7c',
    500: '#b59e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e45;
$custom-light: #ceba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70205,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E45

secondary

#919BC5

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E45

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

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