#B59D53#B59D53

#B59D53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.098 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D53
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -0.63, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 41.55, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0031 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.098 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6756, 34.5638, 13.1323)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D53 #536BB5

analogous

#B56C53 #B59D53 #9CB553

triadic

#B59D53 #53B59D #9D53B5

tetradic

#B59D53 #53B56C #536BB5 #B5539C

square

#B59D53 #53B56C #536BB5 #B5539C

split-complementary

#B59D53 #539CB5 #6C53B5

monochromatic

#63552B #8E7A3D #B59D53 #C7B57E #DACEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B59D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D53

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D53	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AB9B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.098 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb985',
    500: '#b59d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d53;
$custom-light: #cdb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D53

secondary

#9CA7C7

accent

#75D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D53

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

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