#B59D45#B59D45

#B59D45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.111 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D45
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -1.72, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 48.21, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0079 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.111 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1886, 34.3690, 10.5675)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D45 #455DB5

analogous

#B56545 #B59D45 #95B545

triadic

#B59D45 #45B59D #9D45B5

tetradic

#B59D45 #45B565 #455DB5 #B54595

square

#B59D45 #45B565 #455DB5 #B54595

split-complementary

#B59D45 #4595B5 #6545B5

monochromatic

#5C5023 #897734 #B59D45 #C8B56F #D9CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B59D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D45

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D45	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)

#AC9A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.111 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97c',
    500: '#b59d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d45;
$custom-light: #ceb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D45

secondary

#919CC5

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D45

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

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