#B59D46#B59D46

#B59D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.110 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D46
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -1.65, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 47.75, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0076 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.11 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2199, 34.3815, 10.7323)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D46 #465EB5

analogous

#B56646 #B59D46 #96B546

triadic

#B59D46 #46B59D #9D46B5

tetradic

#B59D46 #46B566 #465EB5 #B54696

square

#B59D46 #46B566 #465EB5 #B54696

split-complementary

#B59D46 #4696B5 #6646B5

monochromatic

#5D5024 #897735 #B59D46 #C8B570 #D9CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B59D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D46

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D46	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.110 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97d',
    500: '#b59d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d46;
$custom-light: #ceb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70005,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D46

secondary

#929DC5

accent

#70D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D46

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

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