#B59D54#B59D54

#B59D54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D54
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 53.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -0.54, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 41.06, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0027 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.097 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7145, 34.5793, 13.3371)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D54 #546CB5

analogous

#B56D54 #B59D54 #9CB554

triadic

#B59D54 #54B59D #9D54B5

tetradic

#B59D54 #54B56D #546CB5 #B5549C

square

#B59D54 #54B56D #546CB5 #B5549C

split-complementary

#B59D54 #549CB5 #6D54B5

monochromatic

#64562B #8E7A3E #B59D54 #C7B57F #DACEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59D54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B59D54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D54

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D54	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb986',
    500: '#b59d54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d54;
$custom-light: #cdb986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 39.592,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D54

secondary

#9DA8C8

accent

#76CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D54

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

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