#B59A3B#B59A3B

#B59A3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.117 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A3B
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -0.74, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 51.76, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0063 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.117 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4026, 33.2524, 8.9011)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A3B #3B56B5

analogous

#B55D3B #B59A3B #93B53B

triadic

#B59A3B #3BB59A #9A3BB5

tetradic

#B59A3B #3BB55D #3B56B5 #B53B93

square

#B59A3B #3BB55D #3B56B5 #B53B93

split-complementary

#B59A3B #3B93B5 #5D3BB5

monochromatic

#594B1D #87732C #B59A3B #CCB462 #DBCA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B59A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A3B

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A3B	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)

#AA972F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.117 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb776',
    500: '#b59a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a3b;
$custom-light: #cfb776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69262,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A3B

secondary

#8694C6

accent

#6DDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A3B

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

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