#B59D4E#B59D4E

#B59D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D4E
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -1.04, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 43.98, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0048 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.103 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4895, 34.4893, 12.1520)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D4E #4E66B5

analogous

#B5694E #B59D4E #9AB54E

triadic

#B59D4E #4EB59D #9D4EB5

tetradic

#B59D4E #4EB569 #4E66B5 #B54E9A

square

#B59D4E #4EB569 #4E66B5 #B54E9A

split-complementary

#B59D4E #4E9AB5 #694EB5

monochromatic

#605328 #8B793A #B59D4E #C7B579 #D9CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D4E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D4E	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb982',
    500: '#b59d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d4e;
$custom-light: #ceb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D4E

secondary

#99A3C6

accent

#73D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D4E

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

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