#B59A3D#B59A3D

#B59A3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A3D
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -0.62, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 50.90, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0057 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.116 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4555, 33.2736, 9.1796)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A3D #3D58B5

analogous

#B55E3D #B59A3D #94B53D

triadic

#B59A3D #3DB59A #9A3DB5

tetradic

#B59A3D #3DB55E #3D58B5 #B53D94

square

#B59A3D #3DB55E #3D58B5 #B53D94

split-complementary

#B59A3D #3D94B5 #5E3DB5

monochromatic

#594C1E #87732E #B59A3D #CBB464 #DACA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B59A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A3D

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A3D	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)

#AA9732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb777',
    500: '#b59a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a3d;
$custom-light: #ceb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69281,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A3D

secondary

#8896C5

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A3D

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

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