#B59D4C#B59D4C

#B59D4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D4C
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -1.20, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 44.93, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0055 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.105 93)
XYZ	xyz(32.4189, 34.4611, 11.7801)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D4C #4C64B5

analogous

#B5694C #B59D4C #98B54C

triadic

#B59D4C #4CB59D #9D4CB5

tetradic

#B59D4C #4CB569 #4C64B5 #B54C98

square

#B59D4C #4CB569 #4C64B5 #B54C98

split-complementary

#B59D4C #4C98B5 #694CB5

monochromatic

#5F5227 #8B7839 #B59D4C #C7B577 #D9CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59D4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D4C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D4C	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)

#AC9A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb981',
    500: '#b59d4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d4c;
$custom-light: #ceb981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.3446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D4C

secondary

#97A2C6

accent

#73D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D4C

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

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