#B59D4D#B59D4D

#B59D4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D4D
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 57.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -1.12, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 44.46, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0052 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.104 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4539, 34.4751, 11.9646)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D4D #4D65B5

analogous

#B5694D #B59D4D #99B54D

triadic

#B59D4D #4DB59D #9D4DB5

tetradic

#B59D4D #4DB569 #4D65B5 #B54D99

square

#B59D4D #4DB569 #4D65B5 #B54D99

split-complementary

#B59D4D #4D99B5 #694DB5

monochromatic

#605328 #8B783A #B59D4D #C7B578 #D9CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D4D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D4D	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)

#AC9A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb981',
    500: '#b59d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d4d;
$custom-light: #ceb981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70087,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D4D

secondary

#98A2C6

accent

#73D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D4D

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

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