#B59D50#B59D50

#B59D50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.101 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D50
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -0.88, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 43.01, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0041 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.101 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5623, 34.5184, 12.5354)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D50 #5068B5

analogous

#B56A50 #B59D50 #9AB550

triadic

#B59D50 #50B59D #9D50B5

tetradic

#B59D50 #50B56A #5068B5 #B5509A

square

#B59D50 #50B56A #5068B5 #B5509A

split-complementary

#B59D50 #509AB5 #6A50B5

monochromatic

#615429 #8C793B #B59D50 #C7B57B #D9CDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D50

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D50	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)

#AB9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.101 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb983',
    500: '#b59d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d50;
$custom-light: #ceb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70125,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D50

secondary

#9AA5C7

accent

#74D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D50

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

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