#B59F3E#B59F3E

#B59F3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F3E
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -3.25, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 51.98, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0132 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.118 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3252, 34.9694, 9.6036)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F3E #3E54B5

analogous

#B5643E #B59F3E #8FB53E

triadic

#B59F3E #3EB59F #9F3EB5

tetradic

#B59F3E #3EB564 #3E54B5 #B53E8F

square

#B59F3E #3EB564 #3E54B5 #B53E8F

split-complementary

#B59F3E #3E8FB5 #643EB5

monochromatic

#5A4F1F #87772E #B59F3E #CAB866 #DACD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B59F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F3E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F3E	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb78',
    500: '#b59f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f3e;
$custom-light: #cebb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70345,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F3E

secondary

#8994C5

accent

#69D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F3E

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

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