#B59F55#B59F55

#B59F55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F55
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -1.53, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 41.23, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0054 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.098 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0951, 35.2774, 13.6585)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F55 #556BB5

analogous

#B56F55 #B59F55 #9BB555

triadic

#B59F55 #55B59F #9F55B5

tetradic

#B59F55 #55B56F #556BB5 #B5559B

square

#B59F55 #55B56F #556BB5 #B5559B

split-complementary

#B59F55 #559BB5 #6F55B5

monochromatic

#64572C #8F7C3E #B59F55 #C8B780 #DACFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B59F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B59F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F55

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F55	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb87',
    500: '#b59f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f55;
$custom-light: #cdbb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70611,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F55

secondary

#9EA8C8

accent

#74CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F55

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

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