#B59F48#B59F48

#B59F48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F48
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -2.58, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 47.47, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.01 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.11 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6253, 35.0895, 11.1841)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F48 #485EB5

analogous

#B56948 #B59F48 #95B548

triadic

#B59F48 #48B59F #9F48B5

tetradic

#B59F48 #48B569 #485EB5 #B54895

square

#B59F48 #48B569 #485EB5 #B54895

split-complementary

#B59F48 #4895B5 #6948B5

monochromatic

#5D5225 #897937 #B59F48 #C7B673 #D9CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B59F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B59F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F48

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F48	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7e',
    500: '#b59f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f48;
$custom-light: #cebb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70449,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F48

secondary

#939EC5

accent

#6ED355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F48

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

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