#B59E4F#B59E4F

#B59E4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E4F
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 56.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -1.50, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 43.82, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0061 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.103 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6955, 34.8435, 12.3989)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E4F #4F66B5

analogous

#B56B4F #B59E4F #99B54F

triadic

#B59E4F #4FB59E #9E4FB5

tetradic

#B59E4F #4FB56B #4F66B5 #B54F99

square

#B59E4F #4FB56B #4F66B5 #B54F99

split-complementary

#B59E4F #4F99B5 #6B4FB5

monochromatic

#615429 #8C7A3B #B59E4F #C7B67A #D9CDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E4F

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E4F	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba83',
    500: '#b59e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e4f;
$custom-light: #ceba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E4F

secondary

#99A3C6

accent

#73D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E4F

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

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