#B59D3E#B59D3E

#B59D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.117 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D3E
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -2.18, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 51.35, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0101 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.117 95)
XYZ	xyz(31.9840, 34.2871, 9.4899)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D3E #3E56B5

analogous

#B5613E #B59D3E #92B53E

triadic

#B59D3E #3EB59D #9D3EB5

tetradic

#B59D3E #3EB561 #3E56B5 #B53E92

square

#B59D3E #3EB561 #3E56B5 #B53E92

split-complementary

#B59D3E #3E92B5 #613EB5

monochromatic

#5A4E1F #87752E #B59D3E #CAB666 #DACC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B59D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D3E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D3E	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.117 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb978',
    500: '#b59d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d3e;
$custom-light: #ceb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69922,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.34285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D3E

secondary

#8995C5

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D3E

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

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