#B59E3D#B59E3D

#B59E3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E3D
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -2.78, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 52.10, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0119 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.118 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1267, 34.6160, 9.4033)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E3D #3D54B5

analogous

#B5623D #B59E3D #90B53D

triadic

#B59E3D #3DB59E #9E3DB5

tetradic

#B59E3D #3DB562 #3D54B5 #B53D90

square

#B59E3D #3DB562 #3D54B5 #B53D90

split-complementary

#B59E3D #3D90B5 #623DB5

monochromatic

#594E1E #87762E #B59E3D #CBB764 #DACC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B59E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E3D

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E3D	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)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba77',
    500: '#b59e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e3d;
$custom-light: #ceba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70124,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E3D

secondary

#8894C5

accent

#69D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E3D

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

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