#B59B3B#B59B3B

#B59B3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.118 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B3B
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -1.28, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 52.05, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0079 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.118 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5684, 33.5839, 8.9564)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B3B #3B55B5

analogous

#B55E3B #B59B3B #92B53B

triadic

#B59B3B #3BB59B #9B3BB5

tetradic

#B59B3B #3BB55E #3B55B5 #B53B92

square

#B59B3B #3BB55E #3B55B5 #B53B92

split-complementary

#B59B3B #3B92B5 #5E3BB5

monochromatic

#594C1D #87732C #B59B3B #CCB562 #DBCB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B59B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B3B

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B3B	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.118 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb876',
    500: '#b59b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b3b;
$custom-light: #cfb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69472,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B3B

secondary

#8694C6

accent

#6BDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B3B

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

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