#B59C3C#B59C3C

#B59C3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C3C
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -1.76, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 51.92, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0091 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.118 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7617, 33.9286, 9.1500)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C3C #3C55B5

analogous

#B55F3C #B59C3C #92B53C

triadic

#B59C3C #3CB59C #9C3CB5

tetradic

#B59C3C #3CB55F #3C55B5 #B53C92

square

#B59C3C #3CB55F #3C55B5 #B53C92

split-complementary

#B59C3C #3C92B5 #5F3CB5

monochromatic

#594D1E #87742D #B59C3C #CBB663 #DBCB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C3C

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C3C	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb876',
    500: '#b59c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c3c;
$custom-light: #ceb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69692,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C3C

secondary

#8794C6

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C3C

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

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