#B59E52#B59E52

#B59E52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E52
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -1.25, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 42.36, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.005 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.1 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8072, 34.8882, 12.9870)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E52 #5269B5

analogous

#B56D52 #B59E52 #9BB552

triadic

#B59E52 #52B59E #9E52B5

tetradic

#B59E52 #52B56D #5269B5 #B5529B

square

#B59E52 #52B56D #5269B5 #B5529B

split-complementary

#B59E52 #529BB5 #6D52B5

monochromatic

#62552A #8D7B3C #B59E52 #C7B67D #DACEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E52

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E52	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba85',
    500: '#b59e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e52;
$custom-light: #cdba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70361,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E52

secondary

#9CA6C7

accent

#74D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E52

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

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