#B59A3F#B59A3F

#B59A3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A3F
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -0.50, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 50.01, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0051 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.114 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5104, 33.2955, 9.4686)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A3F #3F5AB5

analogous

#B55F3F #B59A3F #95B53F

triadic

#B59A3F #3FB59A #9A3FB5

tetradic

#B59A3F #3FB55F #3F5AB5 #B53F95

square

#B59A3F #3FB55F #3F5AB5 #B53F95

split-complementary

#B59A3F #3F95B5 #5F3FB5

monochromatic

#5A4D1F #88732F #B59A3F #CAB367 #DACA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B59A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A3F

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A3F	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)

#AA9834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb778',
    500: '#b59a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a3f;
$custom-light: #ceb778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.693,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A3F

secondary

#8A98C5

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A3F

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

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