#B59F52#B59F52

#B59F52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.101 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F52
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -1.79, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 42.70, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0065 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.101 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9784, 35.2307, 13.0441)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F52 #5268B5

analogous

#B56E52 #B59F52 #9AB552

triadic

#B59F52 #52B59F #9F52B5

tetradic

#B59F52 #52B56E #5268B5 #B5529A

square

#B59F52 #52B56E #5268B5 #B5529A

split-complementary

#B59F52 #529AB5 #6E52B5

monochromatic

#62562A #8D7B3C #B59F52 #C7B77D #DACFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59F52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B59F52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F52

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F52	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.101 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb85',
    500: '#b59f52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f52;
$custom-light: #cdbb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70571,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F52

secondary

#9CA5C7

accent

#73D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F52

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

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