#B5983A#B5983A

#B5983A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5983A
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 0.28, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 51.63, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0035 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.117 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0496, 32.5875, 8.6567)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5983A #3A57B5

analogous

#B55B3A #B5983A #94B53A

triadic

#B5983A #3AB598 #983AB5

tetradic

#B5983A #3AB55B #3A57B5 #B53A94

square

#B5983A #3AB55B #3A57B5 #B53A94

split-complementary

#B5983A #3A94B5 #5B3AB5

monochromatic

#584A1C #87712B #B5983A #CCB360 #DBC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B5983A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B5983A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5983A

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5983A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5983A	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5983a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb675',
    500: '#b5983a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5983a;
$custom-light: #cfb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5983a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68833,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5983A

secondary

#8594C6

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5983A

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

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