#B59B4D#B59B4D

#B59B4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.102 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B4D
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 57.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -0.04, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 43.83, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0021 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.102 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1183, 33.8039, 11.8528)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B4D #4D67B5

analogous

#B5674D #B59B4D #9BB54D

triadic

#B59B4D #4DB59B #9B4DB5

tetradic

#B59B4D #4DB567 #4D67B5 #B54D9B

square

#B59B4D #4DB567 #4D67B5 #B54D9B

split-complementary

#B59B4D #4D9BB5 #674DB5

monochromatic

#605228 #8B773A #B59B4D #C7B378 #D9CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B59B4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B4D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B4D	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)

#AA9946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.102 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb881',
    500: '#b59b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b4d;
$custom-light: #ceb881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69667,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B4D

secondary

#98A3C6

accent

#75D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B4D

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

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