#B59E59#B59E59

#B59E59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.093 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E59
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -0.63, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 38.91, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0024 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.093 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0873, 35.0002, 14.4621)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E59 #5970B5

analogous

#B57059 #B59E59 #9EB559

triadic

#B59E59 #59B59E #9E59B5

tetradic

#B59E59 #59B570 #5970B5 #B5599E

square

#B59E59 #59B570 #5970B5 #B5599E

split-complementary

#B59E59 #599EB5 #7059B5

monochromatic

#66582E #907C40 #B59E59 #C8B783 #DBCFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B59E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E59

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E59	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)

#AB9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.093 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba89',
    500: '#b59e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e59;
$custom-light: #cdba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70458,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E59

secondary

#A1ABC9

accent

#77CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E59

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

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