#B59E46#B59E46

#B59E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E46
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -2.19, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 48.07, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0091 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.111 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3898, 34.7213, 10.7890)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E46 #465DB5

analogous

#B56746 #B59E46 #95B546

triadic

#B59E46 #46B59E #9E46B5

tetradic

#B59E46 #46B567 #465DB5 #B54695

square

#B59E46 #46B567 #465DB5 #B54695

split-complementary

#B59E46 #4695B5 #6746B5

monochromatic

#5D5124 #897735 #B59E46 #C8B670 #D9CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B59E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E46

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7d',
    500: '#b59e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e46;
$custom-light: #ceba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70216,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E46

secondary

#929CC5

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E46

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

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