#B59C3E#B59C3E

#B59C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C3E
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -1.64, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 51.05, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0085 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.116 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8155, 33.9502, 9.4337)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C3E #3E57B5

analogous

#B5613E #B59C3E #92B53E

triadic

#B59C3E #3EB59C #9C3EB5

tetradic

#B59C3E #3EB561 #3E57B5 #B53E92

square

#B59C3E #3EB561 #3E57B5 #B53E92

split-complementary

#B59C3E #3E92B5 #613EB5

monochromatic

#5A4D1F #87752E #B59C3E #CAB566 #DACB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C3E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C3E	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)

#AC9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb878',
    500: '#b59c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c3e;
$custom-light: #ceb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69711,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C3E

secondary

#8996C5

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C3E

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

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