#B59E48#B59E48

#B59E48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.109 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E48
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -2.04, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 47.14, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0085 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.109 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4540, 34.7469, 11.1270)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E48 #485FB5

analogous

#B56748 #B59E48 #96B548

triadic

#B59E48 #48B59E #9E48B5

tetradic

#B59E48 #48B567 #485FB5 #B54896

square

#B59E48 #48B567 #485FB5 #B54896

split-complementary

#B59E48 #4896B5 #6748B5

monochromatic

#5D5225 #897837 #B59E48 #C7B573 #D9CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B59E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E48

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E48	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)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.109 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7e',
    500: '#b59e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e48;
$custom-light: #ceba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.339,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E48

secondary

#939EC5

accent

#70D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E48

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

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