#B59E53#B59E53

#B59E53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E53
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -1.17, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 41.88, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0046 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.099 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8455, 34.9035, 13.1889)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E53 #536AB5

analogous

#B56D53 #B59E53 #9BB553

triadic

#B59E53 #53B59E #9E53B5

tetradic

#B59E53 #53B56D #536AB5 #B5539B

square

#B59E53 #53B56D #536AB5 #B5539B

split-complementary

#B59E53 #539BB5 #6D53B5

monochromatic

#63562B #8E7B3D #B59E53 #C7B67E #DACEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E53

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E53	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)

#AC9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba85',
    500: '#b59e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e53;
$custom-light: #cdba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70374,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E53

secondary

#9CA6C7

accent

#74D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E53

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

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