#B59F4F#B59F4F

#B59F4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F4F
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 56.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -2.04, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 44.15, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0076 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.104 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8668, 35.1861, 12.4560)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F4F #4F65B5

analogous

#B56C4F #B59F4F #98B54F

triadic

#B59F4F #4FB59F #9F4FB5

tetradic

#B59F4F #4FB56C #4F65B5 #B54F98

square

#B59F4F #4FB56C #4F65B5 #B54F98

split-complementary

#B59F4F #4F98B5 #6C4FB5

monochromatic

#615529 #8C7A3B #B59F4F #C7B77A #D9CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59F4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B59F4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F4F

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F4F	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb83',
    500: '#b59f4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f4f;
$custom-light: #cebb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70533,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F4F

secondary

#99A3C6

accent

#71D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F4F

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

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