#B59E4E#B59E4E

#B59E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E4E
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -1.58, 44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 44.30, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0064 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.104 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6594, 34.8291, 12.2086)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E4E #4E65B5

analogous

#B56A4E #B59E4E #98B54E

triadic

#B59E4E #4EB59E #9E4EB5

tetradic

#B59E4E #4EB56A #4E65B5 #B54E98

square

#B59E4E #4EB56A #4E65B5 #B54E98

split-complementary

#B59E4E #4E98B5 #6A4EB5

monochromatic

#605428 #8B793A #B59E4E #C7B679 #D9CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E4E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E4E	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba82',
    500: '#b59e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e4e;
$custom-light: #ceba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70309,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E4E

secondary

#99A3C6

accent

#72D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E4E

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

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