#B59D52#B59D52

#B59D52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D52
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -0.71, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 42.04, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0034 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.099 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.6373, 34.5484, 12.9304)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D52 #526AB5

analogous

#B56C52 #B59D52 #9CB552

triadic

#B59D52 #52B59D #9D52B5

tetradic

#B59D52 #52B56C #526AB5 #B5529C

square

#B59D52 #52B56C #526AB5 #B5529C

split-complementary

#B59D52 #529CB5 #6C52B5

monochromatic

#62552A #8D7A3C #B59D52 #C7B57D #DACEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B59D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D52

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D52	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb984',
    500: '#b59d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d52;
$custom-light: #cdb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70151,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D52

secondary

#9CA6C7

accent

#75D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D52

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

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