#B59C3F#B59C3F

#B59C3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C3F
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 65.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -1.58, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 50.61, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0082 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.115 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8432, 33.9612, 9.5796)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C3F #3F58B5

analogous

#B5613F #B59C3F #93B53F

triadic

#B59C3F #3FB59C #9C3FB5

tetradic

#B59C3F #3FB561 #3F58B5 #B53F93

square

#B59C3F #3FB561 #3F58B5 #B53F93

split-complementary

#B59C3F #3F93B5 #613FB5

monochromatic

#5A4E1F #88752F #B59C3F #CAB567 #DACB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C3F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C3F	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)

#AC9934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb878',
    500: '#b59c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c3f;
$custom-light: #ceb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C3F

secondary

#8A97C5

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C3F

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

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