#B59C4E#B59C4E

#B59C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.102 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C4E
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -0.50, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 43.66, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0033 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.102 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3210, 34.1523, 12.0959)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C4E #4E67B5

analogous

#B5684E #B59C4E #9AB54E

triadic

#B59C4E #4EB59C #9C4EB5

tetradic

#B59C4E #4EB568 #4E67B5 #B54E9A

square

#B59C4E #4EB568 #4E67B5 #B54E9A

split-complementary

#B59C4E #4E9AB5 #684EB5

monochromatic

#605328 #8B783A #B59C4E #C7B479 #D9CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C4E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C4E	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)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.102 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb982',
    500: '#b59c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c4e;
$custom-light: #ceb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69889,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C4E

secondary

#99A4C6

accent

#75D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C4E

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

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