#B59F59#B59F59

#B59F59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.094 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F59
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -1.17, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 39.24, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0039 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.094 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2585, 35.3428, 14.5192)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F59 #596FB5

analogous

#B57159 #B59F59 #9DB559

triadic

#B59F59 #59B59F #9F59B5

tetradic

#B59F59 #59B571 #596FB5 #B5599D

square

#B59F59 #59B571 #596FB5 #B5599D

split-complementary

#B59F59 #599DB5 #7159B5

monochromatic

#66592E #907D40 #B59F59 #C8B783 #DBD0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B59F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B59F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F59

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F59	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.094 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb89',
    500: '#b59f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f59;
$custom-light: #cdbb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70668,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F59

secondary

#A1ABC9

accent

#75CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F59

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

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