#B59D41#B59D41

#B59D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D41
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -1.99, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 50.03, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0092 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.114 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0686, 34.3210, 9.9355)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D41 #4159B5

analogous

#B56341 #B59D41 #93B541

triadic

#B59D41 #41B59D #9D41B5

tetradic

#B59D41 #41B563 #4159B5 #B54193

square

#B59D41 #41B563 #4159B5 #B54193

split-complementary

#B59D41 #4193B5 #6341B5

monochromatic

#5B4F21 #887631 #B59D41 #C9B66A #DACC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B59D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D41

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D41	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)

#AC9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97a',
    500: '#b59d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d41;
$custom-light: #ceb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69952,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D41

secondary

#8C98C5

accent

#6DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D41

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

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