#B5993A#B5993A

#B5993A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.117 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5993A
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -0.26, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 51.91, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0051 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.117 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2126, 32.9135, 8.7111)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5993A #3A56B5

analogous

#B55B3A #B5993A #94B53A

triadic

#B5993A #3AB599 #993AB5

tetradic

#B5993A #3AB55B #3A56B5 #B53A94

square

#B5993A #3AB55B #3A56B5 #B53A94

split-complementary

#B5993A #3A94B5 #5B3AB5

monochromatic

#584B1C #87722B #B5993A #CCB460 #DBCA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B5993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B5993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5993A

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5993A	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.117 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb675',
    500: '#b5993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5993a;
$custom-light: #cfb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69043,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5993A

secondary

#8594C6

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5993A

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

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