#B59A3E#B59A3E

#B59A3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A3E
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -0.56, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 50.46, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0054 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.115 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4827, 33.2845, 9.3228)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A3E #3E59B5

analogous

#B55F3E #B59A3E #94B53E

triadic

#B59A3E #3EB59A #9A3EB5

tetradic

#B59A3E #3EB55F #3E59B5 #B53E94

square

#B59A3E #3EB55F #3E59B5 #B53E94

split-complementary

#B59A3E #3E94B5 #5F3EB5

monochromatic

#5A4C1F #87732E #B59A3E #CAB466 #DACA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B59A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A3E

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A3E	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb778',
    500: '#b59a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a3e;
$custom-light: #ceb778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6929,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A3E

secondary

#8997C5

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A3E

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

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