#B59D42#B59D42

#B59D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D42
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -1.92, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 49.58, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0089 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.114 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0979, 34.3327, 10.0894)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D42 #425AB5

analogous

#B56342 #B59D42 #93B542

triadic

#B59D42 #42B59D #9D42B5

tetradic

#B59D42 #42B563 #425AB5 #B54293

square

#B59D42 #42B563 #425AB5 #B54293

split-complementary

#B59D42 #4293B5 #6342B5

monochromatic

#5B4F21 #887632 #B59D42 #C9B56B #D9CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B59D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D42

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D42	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97a',
    500: '#b59d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d42;
$custom-light: #ceb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69962,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D42

secondary

#8E99C5

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D42

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

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