#B59F4E#B59F4E

#B59F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B59F4E
RGBrgb(181, 159, 78)
HSLhsl(47, 41%, 51%)
HSVhsv(47, 57%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.2%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(65.88, -2.12, 44.58)
CIE-LCHlch(65.88, 44.63, 92.72°)
OKLaboklab(70.52% -0.008 0.1042)
OKLCHoklch(70.52% 0.105 94.4)
XYZxyz(32.8306, 35.1716, 12.2657)
Luminance0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B59F4E #4E64B5
analogous
#B56B4E #B59F4E #98B54E
triadic
#B59F4E #4EB59F #9F4EB5
tetradic
#B59F4E #4EB56B #4E64B5 #B54E98
square
#B59F4E #4EB56B #4E64B5 #B54E98
split-complementary
#B59F4E #4E98B5 #6B4EB5
monochromatic
#605428 #8B7A3A #B59F4E #C7B679 #D9CEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61
#B59F4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03
#B59F4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F4E
8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B59F4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B59F4E1.002.618.038.03
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0321.001.001.00
##0000008.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9C46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A351
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2948D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b59f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 94.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb82',
    500: '#b59f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b59f4e;
$custom-light: #cebb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b59f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7052,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B59F4E
secondary
#99A2C6
accent
#71D157
background
#FCFBF8
surface
#F9F6EF
border
#D2D0CA
text
#14110B
muted
#82807C

Preview Lab

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#B59F4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva