#B59F42#B59F42

#B59F42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.115 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F42
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -3.00, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 50.21, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.012 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.115 96)
XYZ	xyz(32.4390, 35.0150, 10.2031)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F42 #4258B5

analogous

#B56542 #B59F42 #91B542

triadic

#B59F42 #42B59F #9F42B5

tetradic

#B59F42 #42B565 #4258B5 #B54291

square

#B59F42 #42B565 #4258B5 #B54291

split-complementary

#B59F42 #4291B5 #6542B5

monochromatic

#5B5021 #887832 #B59F42 #C9B76B #D9CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B59F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F42

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F42	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.115 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7a',
    500: '#b59f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f42;
$custom-light: #cebb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70385,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.35013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F42

secondary

#8E98C5

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F42

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

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