#B59D4F#B59D4F

#B59D4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.102 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D4F
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 56.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -0.96, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 43.49, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0045 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.102 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5256, 34.5038, 12.3423)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D4F #4F67B5

analogous

#B56A4F #B59D4F #9AB54F

triadic

#B59D4F #4FB59D #9D4FB5

tetradic

#B59D4F #4FB56A #4F67B5 #B54F9A

square

#B59D4F #4FB56A #4F67B5 #B54F9A

split-complementary

#B59D4F #4F9AB5 #6A4FB5

monochromatic

#615429 #8C793B #B59D4F #C7B57A #D9CDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D4F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D4F	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)

#AB9B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.102 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb983',
    500: '#b59d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d4f;
$custom-light: #ceb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70112,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D4F

secondary

#99A4C6

accent

#74D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D4F

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

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