#B59D44#B59D44

#B59D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D44
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -1.79, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 48.67, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0082 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.112 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1579, 34.3567, 10.4054)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D44 #445CB5

analogous

#B56544 #B59D44 #95B544

triadic

#B59D44 #44B59D #9D44B5

tetradic

#B59D44 #44B565 #445CB5 #B54495

square

#B59D44 #44B565 #445CB5 #B54495

split-complementary

#B59D44 #4495B5 #6544B5

monochromatic

#5C5023 #897633 #B59D44 #C8B56E #D9CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B59D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D44

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D44	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)

#AC9A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97b',
    500: '#b59d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d44;
$custom-light: #ceb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69983,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D44

secondary

#909BC5

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D44

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

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