#B5983C#B5983C

#B5983C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.115 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5983C
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 0.40, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 50.77, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0029 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.115 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1015, 32.6082, 8.9299)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5983C #3C59B5

analogous

#B55C3C #B5983C #95B53C

triadic

#B5983C #3CB598 #983CB5

tetradic

#B5983C #3CB55C #3C59B5 #B53C95

square

#B5983C #3CB55C #3C59B5 #B53C95

split-complementary

#B5983C #3C95B5 #5C3CB5

monochromatic

#594B1E #87712D #B5983C #CBB263 #DBC991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B5983C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B5983C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5983C

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5983C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5983C	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)

#A89631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5983c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.115 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb676',
    500: '#b5983c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5983c;
$custom-light: #cfb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5983c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68852,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5983C

secondary

#8796C6

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5983C

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

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