#B59D40#B59D40

#B59D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D40
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -2.05, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 50.47, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0095 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.115 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0399, 34.3095, 9.7843)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D40 #4058B5

analogous

#B56240 #B59D40 #92B540

triadic

#B59D40 #40B59D #9D40B5

tetradic

#B59D40 #40B562 #4058B5 #B54092

square

#B59D40 #40B562 #4058B5 #B54092

split-complementary

#B59D40 #4092B5 #6240B5

monochromatic

#5B4F20 #887630 #B59D40 #CAB668 #DACC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B59D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D40

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D40	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb979',
    500: '#b59d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d40;
$custom-light: #ceb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69942,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D40

secondary

#8B97C5

accent

#6CD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D40

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

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