#B59B4C#B59B4C

#B59B4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.103 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B4C
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -0.12, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 44.31, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0024 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.103 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0833, 33.7899, 11.6683)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B4C #4C66B5

analogous

#B5664C #B59B4C #9AB54C

triadic

#B59B4C #4CB59B #9B4CB5

tetradic

#B59B4C #4CB566 #4C66B5 #B54C9A

square

#B59B4C #4CB566 #4C66B5 #B54C9A

split-complementary

#B59B4C #4C9AB5 #664CB5

monochromatic

#5F5127 #8B7639 #B59B4C #C7B377 #D9CBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B59B4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B4C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B4C	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.103 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb880',
    500: '#b59b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b4c;
$custom-light: #ceb880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69655,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B4C

secondary

#97A3C6

accent

#75D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B4C

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

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