#B59F53#B59F53

#B59F53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F53
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -1.71, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 42.21, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0062 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.1 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0168, 35.2461, 13.2460)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F53 #5369B5

analogous

#B56E53 #B59F53 #9AB553

triadic

#B59F53 #53B59F #9F53B5

tetradic

#B59F53 #53B56E #5369B5 #B5539A

square

#B59F53 #53B56E #5369B5 #B5539A

split-complementary

#B59F53 #539AB5 #6E53B5

monochromatic

#63562B #8E7C3D #B59F53 #C7B77E #DACFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B59F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F53

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F53	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)

#AD9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb85',
    500: '#b59f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f53;
$custom-light: #cdbb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70584,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F53

secondary

#9CA6C7

accent

#73D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F53

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

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