#B59E3B#B59E3B

#B59E3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E3B
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -2.90, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 52.96, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0125 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(32.0738, 34.5949, 9.1249)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E3B #3B52B5

analogous

#B5613B #B59E3B #8FB53B

triadic

#B59E3B #3BB59E #9E3BB5

tetradic

#B59E3B #3BB561 #3B52B5 #B53B8F

square

#B59E3B #3BB561 #3B52B5 #B53B8F

split-complementary

#B59E3B #3B8FB5 #613BB5

monochromatic

#594D1D #87762C #B59E3B #CCB862 #DBCD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B59E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E3B

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E3B	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba76',
    500: '#b59e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e3b;
$custom-light: #ceba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70105,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.34593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E3B

secondary

#8692C6

accent

#68DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E3B

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

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