#B59B3A#B59B3A

#B59B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B3A
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -1.34, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 52.48, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0082 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.119 94)
XYZ	xyz(31.5427, 33.5736, 8.8211)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B3A #3A54B5

analogous

#B55E3A #B59B3A #92B53A

triadic

#B59B3A #3AB59B #9B3AB5

tetradic

#B59B3A #3AB55E #3A54B5 #B53A92

square

#B59B3A #3AB55E #3A54B5 #B53A92

split-complementary

#B59B3A #3A92B5 #5E3AB5

monochromatic

#584C1C #87732B #B59B3A #CCB560 #DBCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B59B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B3A

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B3A	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb875',
    500: '#b59b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b3a;
$custom-light: #cfb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69463,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.33572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B3A

secondary

#8593C6

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B3A

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

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