#B59A3A#B59A3A

#B59A3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.118 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A3A
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -0.80, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 52.19, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0066 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.118 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3769, 33.2422, 8.7659)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A3A #3A55B5

analogous

#B55D3A #B59A3A #93B53A

triadic

#B59A3A #3AB59A #9A3AB5

tetradic

#B59A3A #3AB55D #3A55B5 #B53A93

square

#B59A3A #3AB55D #3A55B5 #B53A93

split-complementary

#B59A3A #3A93B5 #5D3AB5

monochromatic

#584B1C #87732B #B59A3A #CCB460 #DBCA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B59A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A3A

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A3A	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.118 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb775',
    500: '#b59a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a3a;
$custom-light: #cfb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69253,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A3A

secondary

#8593C6

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A3A

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

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