#B59F50#B59F50

#B59F50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.103 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F50
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -1.96, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 43.67, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0073 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.103 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9034, 35.2007, 12.6491)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F50 #5066B5

analogous

#B56C50 #B59F50 #98B550

triadic

#B59F50 #50B59F #9F50B5

tetradic

#B59F50 #50B56C #5066B5 #B55098

square

#B59F50 #50B56C #5066B5 #B55098

split-complementary

#B59F50 #5098B5 #6C50B5

monochromatic

#615529 #8C7B3B #B59F50 #C7B77B #D9CEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B59F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F50

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F50	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)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.103 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb83',
    500: '#b59f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f50;
$custom-light: #cdbb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F50

secondary

#9AA4C7

accent

#72D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F50

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

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