#B59E4A#B59E4A

#B59E4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E4A
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -1.89, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 46.21, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0078 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.107 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5203, 34.7735, 11.4762)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E4A #4A61B5

analogous

#B5694A #B59E4A #96B54A

triadic

#B59E4A #4AB59E #9E4AB5

tetradic

#B59E4A #4AB569 #4A61B5 #B54A96

square

#B59E4A #4AB569 #4A61B5 #B54A96

split-complementary

#B59E4A #4A96B5 #694AB5

monochromatic

#5E5226 #8A7838 #B59E4A #C7B575 #D9CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B59E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E4A

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E4A	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)

#AD9B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba7f',
    500: '#b59e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e4a;
$custom-light: #ceba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70261,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E4A

secondary

#95A0C5

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E4A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →