#B59E3F#B59E3F

#B59E3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E3F
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -2.65, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 51.23, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0113 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.117 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1816, 34.6380, 9.6924)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E3F #3F56B5

analogous

#B5633F #B59E3F #91B53F

triadic

#B59E3F #3FB59E #9E3FB5

tetradic

#B59E3F #3FB563 #3F56B5 #B53F91

square

#B59E3F #3FB563 #3F56B5 #B53F91

split-complementary

#B59E3F #3F91B5 #633FB5

monochromatic

#5A4F1F #88762F #B59E3F #CAB767 #DACC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B59E3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E3F

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E3F	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)

#AD9B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba78',
    500: '#b59e3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e3f;
$custom-light: #ceba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70143,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E3F

secondary

#8A96C5

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E3F

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

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