#B59D3F#B59D3F

#B59D3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D3F
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -2.12, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 50.92, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0098 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.116 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0117, 34.2982, 9.6357)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D3F #3F57B5

analogous

#B5623F #B59D3F #92B53F

triadic

#B59D3F #3FB59D #9D3FB5

tetradic

#B59D3F #3FB562 #3F57B5 #B53F92

square

#B59D3F #3FB562 #3F57B5 #B53F92

split-complementary

#B59D3F #3F92B5 #623FB5

monochromatic

#5A4E1F #88762F #B59D3F #CAB667 #DACC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B59D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B59D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D3F

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D3F	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)

#AC9A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb978',
    500: '#b59d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d3f;
$custom-light: #ceb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69932,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D3F

secondary

#8A96C5

accent

#6CD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D3F

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

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