#B59F44#B59F44

#B59F44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F44
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -2.86, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 49.31, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0113 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.113 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4990, 35.0390, 10.5191)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F44 #445AB5

analogous

#B56744 #B59F44 #93B544

triadic

#B59F44 #44B59F #9F44B5

tetradic

#B59F44 #44B567 #445AB5 #B54493

square

#B59F44 #44B567 #445AB5 #B54493

split-complementary

#B59F44 #4493B5 #6744B5

monochromatic

#5C5123 #897833 #B59F44 #C8B76E #D9CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59F44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B59F44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F44

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F44	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7c',
    500: '#b59f44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f44;
$custom-light: #cebb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F44

secondary

#909AC5

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F44

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

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