#B59A3C#B59A3C

#B59A3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A3C
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -0.68, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 51.33, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.006 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.116 93)
XYZ	xyz(31.4288, 33.2629, 9.0390)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A3C #3C57B5

analogous

#B55E3C #B59A3C #93B53C

triadic

#B59A3C #3CB59A #9A3CB5

tetradic

#B59A3C #3CB55E #3C57B5 #B53C93

square

#B59A3C #3CB55E #3C57B5 #B53C93

split-complementary

#B59A3C #3C93B5 #5E3CB5

monochromatic

#594C1E #87732D #B59A3C #CBB463 #DBCA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B59A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A3C

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A3C	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AA9731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb776',
    500: '#b59a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a3c;
$custom-light: #ceb776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69271,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.33261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A3C

secondary

#8795C6

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A3C

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

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