#B59E3E#B59E3E

#B59E3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E3E
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -2.72, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 51.66, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0116 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.118 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1539, 34.6269, 9.5465)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E3E #3E55B5

analogous

#B5623E #B59E3E #91B53E

triadic

#B59E3E #3EB59E #9E3EB5

tetradic

#B59E3E #3EB562 #3E55B5 #B53E91

square

#B59E3E #3EB562 #3E55B5 #B53E91

split-complementary

#B59E3E #3E91B5 #623EB5

monochromatic

#5A4E1F #87762E #B59E3E #CAB766 #DACC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B59E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E3E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E3E	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba78',
    500: '#b59e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e3e;
$custom-light: #ceba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70133,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E3E

secondary

#8995C5

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E3E

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

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