#B59C4F#B59C4F

#B59C4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.101 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C4F
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -0.42, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 43.18, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0029 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.101 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3571, 34.1668, 12.2861)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C4F #4F68B5

analogous

#B5694F #B59C4F #9BB54F

triadic

#B59C4F #4FB59C #9C4FB5

tetradic

#B59C4F #4FB569 #4F68B5 #B54F9B

square

#B59C4F #4FB569 #4F68B5 #B54F9B

split-complementary

#B59C4F #4F9BB5 #694FB5

monochromatic

#615329 #8C783B #B59C4F #C7B47A #D9CCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C4F

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C4F	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)

#AA9A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.101 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb982',
    500: '#b59c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c4f;
$custom-light: #ceb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69902,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C4F

secondary

#99A4C6

accent

#75D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C4F

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

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