#B59C4D#B59C4D

#B59C4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.103 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C4D
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 57.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -0.58, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 44.14, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0036 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.103 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.2854, 34.1381, 11.9085)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C4D #4D66B5

analogous

#B5684D #B59C4D #9AB54D

triadic

#B59C4D #4DB59C #9C4DB5

tetradic

#B59C4D #4DB568 #4D66B5 #B54D9A

square

#B59C4D #4DB568 #4D66B5 #B54D9A

split-complementary

#B59C4D #4D9AB5 #684DB5

monochromatic

#605228 #8B773A #B59C4D #C7B478 #D9CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59C4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C4D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C4D	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.103 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb981',
    500: '#b59c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c4d;
$custom-light: #ceb981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69877,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C4D

secondary

#98A3C6

accent

#74D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C4D

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

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