#B5983B#B5983B

#B5983B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5983B
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 0.34, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 51.20, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0032 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.116 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0753, 32.5978, 8.7920)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5983B #3B58B5

analogous

#B55B3B #B5983B #95B53B

triadic

#B5983B #3BB598 #983BB5

tetradic

#B5983B #3BB55B #3B58B5 #B53B95

square

#B5983B #3BB55B #3B58B5 #B53B95

split-complementary

#B5983B #3B95B5 #5B3BB5

monochromatic

#594A1D #87712C #B5983B #CCB262 #DBC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B5983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B5983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5983B

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5983B	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)

#A89630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb676',
    500: '#b5983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5983b;
$custom-light: #cfb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68843,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5983B

secondary

#8695C6

accent

#6FDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5983B

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

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