#B59B3C#B59B3C

#B59B3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B3C
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -1.22, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 51.62, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0076 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.117 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5946, 33.5944, 9.0943)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B3C #3C56B5

analogous

#B55E3C #B59B3C #93B53C

triadic

#B59B3C #3CB59B #9B3CB5

tetradic

#B59B3C #3CB55E #3C56B5 #B53C93

square

#B59B3C #3CB55E #3C56B5 #B53C93

split-complementary

#B59B3C #3C93B5 #5E3CB5

monochromatic

#594C1E #87742D #B59B3C #CBB563 #DBCB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B59B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B3C

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B3C	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)

#AB9830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb876',
    500: '#b59b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b3c;
$custom-light: #ceb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69481,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B3C

secondary

#8795C6

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B3C

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

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