#B59B4B#B59B4B

#B59B4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B4B
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -0.20, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 44.78, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0028 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.104 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0488, 33.7761, 11.4866)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B4B #4B65B5

analogous

#B5664B #B59B4B #9AB54B

triadic

#B59B4B #4BB59B #9B4BB5

tetradic

#B59B4B #4BB566 #4B65B5 #B54B9A

square

#B59B4B #4BB566 #4B65B5 #B54B9A

split-complementary

#B59B4B #4B9AB5 #664BB5

monochromatic

#5F5127 #8A7639 #B59B4B #C7B376 #D9CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B59B4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B4B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B4B	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb880',
    500: '#b59b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b4b;
$custom-light: #ceb880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B4B

secondary

#96A2C6

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B4B

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

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