#B5983E#B5983E

#B5983E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.113 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5983E
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 0.52, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 49.89, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0023 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.113 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1553, 32.6298, 9.2137)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5983E #3E5BB5

analogous

#B55C3E #B5983E #96B53E

triadic

#B5983E #3EB598 #983EB5

tetradic

#B5983E #3EB55C #3E5BB5 #B53E96

square

#B5983E #3EB55C #3E5BB5 #B53E96

split-complementary

#B5983E #3E96B5 #5C3EB5

monochromatic

#5A4B1F #87722E #B5983E #CAB266 #DAC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B5983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B5983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5983E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5983E	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.113 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb677',
    500: '#b5983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5983e;
$custom-light: #ceb677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68872,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5983E

secondary

#8998C5

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5983E

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

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