#B59E47#B59E47

#B59E47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E47
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -2.11, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 47.61, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0088 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.11 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4216, 34.7340, 10.9566)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E47 #475EB5

analogous

#B56747 #B59E47 #95B547

triadic

#B59E47 #47B59E #9E47B5

tetradic

#B59E47 #47B567 #475EB5 #B54795

square

#B59E47 #47B567 #475EB5 #B54795

split-complementary

#B59E47 #4795B5 #6747B5

monochromatic

#5D5125 #897836 #B59E47 #C8B672 #D9CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B59E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E47

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E47	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7d',
    500: '#b59e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e47;
$custom-light: #ceba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E47

secondary

#939DC5

accent

#6FD354

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E47

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

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