#B59F45#B59F45

#B59F45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F45
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -2.79, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 48.86, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.011 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.113 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5298, 35.0513, 10.6812)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F45 #455BB5

analogous

#B56745 #B59F45 #93B545

triadic

#B59F45 #45B59F #9F45B5

tetradic

#B59F45 #45B567 #455BB5 #B54593

square

#B59F45 #45B567 #455BB5 #B54593

split-complementary

#B59F45 #4593B5 #6745B5

monochromatic

#5C5123 #897834 #B59F45 #C8B76F #D9CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B59F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F45

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F45	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)

#AE9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7c',
    500: '#b59f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f45;
$custom-light: #cebb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70416,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F45

secondary

#919BC5

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F45

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

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