#B5973B#B5973B

#B5973B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5973B
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 0.88, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 50.93, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0017 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.115 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9137, 32.2745, 8.7382)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5973B #3B59B5

analogous

#B55A3B #B5973B #96B53B

triadic

#B5973B #3BB597 #973BB5

tetradic

#B5973B #3BB55A #3B59B5 #B53B96

square

#B5973B #3BB55A #3B59B5 #B53B96

split-complementary

#B5973B #3B96B5 #5A3BB5

monochromatic

#594A1D #87702C #B5973B #CCB262 #DBC890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B5973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B5973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5973B

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5973B	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb575',
    500: '#b5973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5973b;
$custom-light: #cfb575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68634,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5973B

secondary

#8696C6

accent

#70DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5973B

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

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