#B59B3F#B59B3F

#B59B3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B3F
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -1.04, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 50.31, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0067 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.115 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6761, 33.6270, 9.5239)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B3F #3F59B5

analogous

#B5603F #B59B3F #94B53F

triadic

#B59B3F #3FB59B #9B3FB5

tetradic

#B59B3F #3FB560 #3F59B5 #B53F94

square

#B59B3F #3FB560 #3F59B5 #B53F94

split-complementary

#B59B3F #3F94B5 #603FB5

monochromatic

#5A4D1F #88742F #B59B3F #CAB467 #DACB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B59B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B3F

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B3F	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb878',
    500: '#b59b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b3f;
$custom-light: #ceb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6951,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B3F

secondary

#8A97C5

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B3F

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

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