#B59B3E#B59B3E

#B59B3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B3E
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -1.10, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 50.75, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.007 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.115 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6484, 33.6159, 9.3780)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B3E #3E58B5

analogous

#B5603E #B59B3E #93B53E

triadic

#B59B3E #3EB59B #9B3EB5

tetradic

#B59B3E #3EB560 #3E58B5 #B53E93

square

#B59B3E #3EB560 #3E58B5 #B53E93

split-complementary

#B59B3E #3E93B5 #603EB5

monochromatic

#5A4D1F #87742E #B59B3E #CAB466 #DACB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B59B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B3E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B3E	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)

#AB9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb878',
    500: '#b59b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b3e;
$custom-light: #ceb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B3E

secondary

#8996C5

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B3E

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

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