#B59D3A#B59D3A

#B59D3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.120 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D3A
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -2.42, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 53.08, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0113 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.12 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8783, 34.2448, 8.9330)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D3A #3A52B5

analogous

#B5603A #B59D3A #8FB53A

triadic

#B59D3A #3AB59D #9D3AB5

tetradic

#B59D3A #3AB560 #3A52B5 #B53A8F

square

#B59D3A #3AB560 #3A52B5 #B53A8F

split-complementary

#B59D3A #3A8FB5 #603AB5

monochromatic

#584D1C #87752B #B59D3A #CCB760 #DBCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B59D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D3A

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D3A	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.120 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb975',
    500: '#b59d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d3a;
$custom-light: #cfb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D3A

secondary

#8592C6

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D3A

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

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