#B59D49#B59D49

#B59D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D49
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -1.43, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 46.35, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0066 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.108 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3170, 34.4203, 11.2436)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D49 #4961B5

analogous

#B56749 #B59D49 #97B549

triadic

#B59D49 #49B59D #9D49B5

tetradic

#B59D49 #49B567 #4961B5 #B54997

square

#B59D49 #49B567 #4961B5 #B54997

split-complementary

#B59D49 #4997B5 #6749B5

monochromatic

#5E5126 #897737 #B59D49 #C7B574 #D9CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B59D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D49

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D49	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)

#AC9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb97f',
    500: '#b59d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d49;
$custom-light: #ceb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70039,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D49

secondary

#949FC5

accent

#71D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D49

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

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