#B59F40#B59F40

#B59F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F40
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -3.13, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 51.10, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0126 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.117 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3811, 34.9918, 9.8980)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F40 #4056B5

analogous

#B56440 #B59F40 #90B540

triadic

#B59F40 #40B59F #9F40B5

tetradic

#B59F40 #40B564 #4056B5 #B54090

square

#B59F40 #40B564 #4056B5 #B54090

split-complementary

#B59F40 #4090B5 #6440B5

monochromatic

#5B5020 #887730 #B59F40 #CAB768 #DACD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B59F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F40

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F40	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)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb79',
    500: '#b59f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f40;
$custom-light: #cebb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70365,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F40

secondary

#8B96C5

accent

#6AD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F40

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

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