#B59E58#B59E58

#B59E58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.094 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E58
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 51.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -0.73, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 39.41, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0027 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.094 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0455, 34.9835, 14.2425)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E58 #586FB5

analogous

#B56F58 #B59E58 #9EB558

triadic

#B59E58 #58B59E #9E58B5

tetradic

#B59E58 #58B56F #586FB5 #B5589E

square

#B59E58 #58B56F #586FB5 #B5589E

split-complementary

#B59E58 #589EB5 #6F58B5

monochromatic

#66582D #907C40 #B59E58 #C8B782 #DBCFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B59E58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E58

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E58	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.094 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba89',
    500: '#b59e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e58;
$custom-light: #cdba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 38.589,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E58

secondary

#A0AAC9

accent

#76CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E58

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

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