#B59B3D#B59B3D

#B59B3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B3D
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -1.16, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 51.19, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0073 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.116 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6212, 33.6051, 9.2348)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B3D #3D57B5

analogous

#B55F3D #B59B3D #93B53D

triadic

#B59B3D #3DB59B #9B3DB5

tetradic

#B59B3D #3DB55F #3D57B5 #B53D93

square

#B59B3D #3DB55F #3D57B5 #B53D93

split-complementary

#B59B3D #3D93B5 #5F3DB5

monochromatic

#594D1E #87742E #B59B3D #CBB564 #DACB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B59B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B3D

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B3D	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)

#AB9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb877',
    500: '#b59b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b3d;
$custom-light: #ceb877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69491,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B3D

secondary

#8896C5

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B3D

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

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