#B59F46#B59F46

#B59F46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F46
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -2.72, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 48.40, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0107 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.112 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5611, 35.0638, 10.8460)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F46 #465CB5

analogous

#B56846 #B59F46 #94B546

triadic

#B59F46 #46B59F #9F46B5

tetradic

#B59F46 #46B568 #465CB5 #B54694

square

#B59F46 #46B568 #465CB5 #B54694

split-complementary

#B59F46 #4694B5 #6846B5

monochromatic

#5D5124 #897835 #B59F46 #C8B670 #D9CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B59F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F46

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F46	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)

#AE9C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7d',
    500: '#b59f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f46;
$custom-light: #cebb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F46

secondary

#929CC5

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F46

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

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