#B59D48#B59D48

#B59D48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D48
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -1.50, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 46.82, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0069 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.108 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2841, 34.4072, 11.0704)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D48 #4860B5

analogous

#B56748 #B59D48 #97B548

triadic

#B59D48 #48B59D #9D48B5

tetradic

#B59D48 #48B567 #4860B5 #B54897

square

#B59D48 #48B567 #4860B5 #B54897

split-complementary

#B59D48 #4897B5 #6748B5

monochromatic

#5D5125 #897737 #B59D48 #C7B573 #D9CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B59D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D48

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D48	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AC9A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97e',
    500: '#b59d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d48;
$custom-light: #ceb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70027,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D48

secondary

#939EC5

accent

#71D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D48

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

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