#B59C3D#B59C3D

#B59C3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C3D
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -1.70, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 51.49, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0088 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.117 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7883, 33.9393, 9.2905)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C3D #3D56B5

analogous

#B5603D #B59C3D #92B53D

triadic

#B59C3D #3DB59C #9C3DB5

tetradic

#B59C3D #3DB560 #3D56B5 #B53D92

square

#B59C3D #3DB560 #3D56B5 #B53D92

split-complementary

#B59C3D #3D92B5 #603DB5

monochromatic

#594D1E #87752E #B59C3D #CBB664 #DACB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C3D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C3D	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)

#AC9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb877',
    500: '#b59c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c3d;
$custom-light: #ceb877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69701,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C3D

secondary

#8895C5

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C3D

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

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