#B59C3A#B59C3A

#B59C3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C3A
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -1.88, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 52.78, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0097 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.119 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7098, 33.9079, 8.8768)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C3A #3A53B5

analogous

#B55F3A #B59C3A #91B53A

triadic

#B59C3A #3AB59C #9C3AB5

tetradic

#B59C3A #3AB55F #3A53B5 #B53A91

square

#B59C3A #3AB55F #3A53B5 #B53A91

split-complementary

#B59C3A #3A91B5 #5F3AB5

monochromatic

#584C1C #87742B #B59C3A #CCB660 #DBCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B59C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C3A

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C3A	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb875',
    500: '#b59c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c3a;
$custom-light: #cfb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C3A

secondary

#8592C6

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C3A

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

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