#B59E4C#B59E4C

#B59E4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E4C
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -1.74, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 45.26, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0071 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.106 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5888, 34.8008, 11.8367)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E4C #4C63B5

analogous

#B5694C #B59E4C #97B54C

triadic

#B59E4C #4CB59E #9E4CB5

tetradic

#B59E4C #4CB569 #4C63B5 #B54C97

square

#B59E4C #4CB569 #4C63B5 #B54C97

split-complementary

#B59E4C #4C97B5 #694CB5

monochromatic

#5F5327 #8B7939 #B59E4C #C7B577 #D9CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B59E4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E4C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E4C	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba81',
    500: '#b59e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e4c;
$custom-light: #ceba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E4C

secondary

#97A1C6

accent

#71D156

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E4C

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

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