#B5973C#B5973C

#B5973C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.114 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5973C
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 0.94, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 50.49, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0014 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.114 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9399, 32.2850, 8.8761)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5973C #3C5AB5

analogous

#B55B3C #B5973C #96B53C

triadic

#B5973C #3CB597 #973CB5

tetradic

#B5973C #3CB55B #3C5AB5 #B53C96

square

#B5973C #3CB55B #3C5AB5 #B53C96

split-complementary

#B5973C #3C96B5 #5B3CB5

monochromatic

#594A1E #87712D #B5973C #CBB163 #DBC891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B5973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B5973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5973C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5973C	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.114 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb576',
    500: '#b5973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5973c;
$custom-light: #cfb576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68643,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5973C

secondary

#8797C6

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5973C

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

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