#B59534#B59534

#B59534 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59534
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 1.58, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 53.36, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0005 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.119 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4250, 31.5684, 7.7389)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59534 #3454B5

analogous

#B55434 #B59534 #94B534

triadic

#B59534 #34B595 #9534B5

tetradic

#B59534 #34B554 #3454B5 #B53494

square

#B59534 #34B554 #3454B5 #B53494

split-complementary

#B59534 #3494B5 #5434B5

monochromatic

#564719 #856E26 #B59534 #CFB157 #DCC787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B59534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59534

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59534	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb371',
    500: '#b59534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59534;
$custom-light: #cfb371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68155,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59534

secondary

#7F90C6

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59534

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →