#B59D4B#B59D4B

#B59D4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D4B
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -1.28, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 45.41, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0059 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.106 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3844, 34.4473, 11.5984)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D4B #4B63B5

analogous

#B5684B #B59D4B #98B54B

triadic

#B59D4B #4BB59D #9D4BB5

tetradic

#B59D4B #4BB568 #4B63B5 #B54B98

square

#B59D4B #4BB568 #4B63B5 #B54B98

split-complementary

#B59D4B #4B98B5 #684BB5

monochromatic

#5F5227 #8A7839 #B59D4B #C7B576 #D9CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D4B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D4B	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb980',
    500: '#b59d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d4b;
$custom-light: #ceb980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70062,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D4B

secondary

#96A1C6

accent

#72D256

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D4B

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

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