#B5993D#B5993D

#B5993D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.115 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5993D
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -0.08, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 50.61, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0042 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.115 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2911, 32.9449, 9.1248)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5993D #3D59B5

analogous

#B55D3D #B5993D #95B53D

triadic

#B5993D #3DB599 #993DB5

tetradic

#B5993D #3DB55D #3D59B5 #B53D95

square

#B5993D #3DB55D #3D59B5 #B53D95

split-complementary

#B5993D #3D95B5 #5D3DB5

monochromatic

#594C1E #87722E #B5993D #CBB364 #DAC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B5993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B5993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5993D

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5993D	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.115 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb677',
    500: '#b5993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5993d;
$custom-light: #ceb677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69071,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5993D

secondary

#8897C5

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5993D

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

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