#B59F4D#B59F4D

#B59F4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F4D
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -2.20, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 45.11, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0083 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.105 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7951, 35.1574, 12.0784)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F4D #4D63B5

analogous

#B56B4D #B59F4D #97B54D

triadic

#B59F4D #4DB59F #9F4DB5

tetradic

#B59F4D #4DB56B #4D63B5 #B54D97

square

#B59F4D #4DB56B #4D63B5 #B54D97

split-complementary

#B59F4D #4D97B5 #6B4DB5

monochromatic

#605428 #8B7A3A #B59F4D #C7B678 #D9CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59F4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B59F4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F4D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F4D	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb81',
    500: '#b59f4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f4d;
$custom-light: #cebb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70508,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F4D

secondary

#98A2C6

accent

#71D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F4D

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

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