#B59D3C#B59D3C

#B59D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D3C
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -2.30, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 52.22, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0107 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.118 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9302, 34.2656, 9.2062)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D3C #3C54B5

analogous

#B5613C #B59D3C #91B53C

triadic

#B59D3C #3CB59D #9D3CB5

tetradic

#B59D3C #3CB561 #3C54B5 #B53C91

square

#B59D3C #3CB561 #3C54B5 #B53C91

split-complementary

#B59D3C #3C91B5 #613CB5

monochromatic

#594D1E #87752D #B59D3C #CBB763 #DBCC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B59D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D3C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D3C	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb977',
    500: '#b59d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d3c;
$custom-light: #ceb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69903,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D3C

secondary

#8794C6

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D3C

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

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