#B59D43#B59D43

#B59D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D43
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -1.85, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 49.13, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0085 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.113 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1276, 34.3446, 10.2460)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D43 #435BB5

analogous

#B56443 #B59D43 #94B543

triadic

#B59D43 #43B59D #9D43B5

tetradic

#B59D43 #43B564 #435BB5 #B54394

square

#B59D43 #43B564 #435BB5 #B54394

split-complementary

#B59D43 #4394B5 #6443B5

monochromatic

#5C5022 #887632 #B59D43 #C9B56C #D9CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B59D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D43

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D43	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)

#AC9A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97b',
    500: '#b59d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d43;
$custom-light: #ceb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69972,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D43

secondary

#8F9AC5

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D43

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

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