#B59E3C#B59E3C

#B59E3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E3C
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -2.84, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 52.53, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0122 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.119 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1000, 34.6053, 9.2628)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E3C #3C53B5

analogous

#B5623C #B59E3C #90B53C

triadic

#B59E3C #3CB59E #9E3CB5

tetradic

#B59E3C #3CB562 #3C53B5 #B53C90

square

#B59E3C #3CB562 #3C53B5 #B53C90

split-complementary

#B59E3C #3C90B5 #623CB5

monochromatic

#594E1E #87762D #B59E3C #CBB763 #DBCD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B59E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E3C

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E3C	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)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba77',
    500: '#b59e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e3c;
$custom-light: #ceba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70115,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E3C

secondary

#8793C6

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E3C

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

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