#B59C3B#B59C3B

#B59C3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C3B
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -1.82, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 52.35, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0094 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.118 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7355, 33.9181, 9.0121)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C3B #3B54B5

analogous

#B55F3B #B59C3B #91B53B

triadic

#B59C3B #3BB59C #9C3BB5

tetradic

#B59C3B #3BB55F #3B54B5 #B53B91

square

#B59C3B #3BB55F #3B54B5 #B53B91

split-complementary

#B59C3B #3B91B5 #5F3BB5

monochromatic

#594C1D #87742C #B59C3B #CCB662 #DBCB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B59C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C3B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C3B	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)

#AC992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb876',
    500: '#b59c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c3b;
$custom-light: #ceb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69683,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C3B

secondary

#8693C6

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C3B

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

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