#B59E49#B59E49

#B59E49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E49
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -1.97, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 46.68, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0081 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.108 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4869, 34.7601, 11.3002)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E49 #4960B5

analogous

#B56849 #B59E49 #96B549

triadic

#B59E49 #49B59E #9E49B5

tetradic

#B59E49 #49B568 #4960B5 #B54996

square

#B59E49 #49B568 #4960B5 #B54996

split-complementary

#B59E49 #4996B5 #6849B5

monochromatic

#5E5226 #897837 #B59E49 #C7B574 #D9CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B59E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E49

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E49	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)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7f',
    500: '#b59e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e49;
$custom-light: #ceba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70249,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E49

secondary

#949FC5

accent

#70D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E49

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

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