#B59D55#B59D55

#B59D55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D55
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -0.45, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 40.56, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0023 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.096 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7540, 34.5951, 13.5448)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D55 #556DB5

analogous

#B56D55 #B59D55 #9DB555

triadic

#B59D55 #55B59D #9D55B5

tetradic

#B59D55 #55B56D #556DB5 #B5559D

square

#B59D55 #55B56D #556DB5 #B5559D

split-complementary

#B59D55 #559DB5 #6D55B5

monochromatic

#64562C #8F7B3E #B59D55 #C8B680 #DACEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B59D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D55

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D55	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)

#AB9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb986',
    500: '#b59d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d55;
$custom-light: #cdb986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70191,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D55

secondary

#9EA8C8

accent

#76CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D55

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

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