#B59535#B59535

#B59535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59535
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 1.63, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 52.95, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0002 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.118 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4478, 31.5775, 7.8588)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59535 #3555B5

analogous

#B55535 #B59535 #95B535

triadic

#B59535 #35B595 #9535B5

tetradic

#B59535 #35B555 #3555B5 #B53595

square

#B59535 #35B555 #3555B5 #B53595

split-complementary

#B59535 #3595B5 #5535B5

monochromatic

#564719 #866E27 #B59535 #CEB159 #DCC788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B59535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59535

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59535	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb372',
    500: '#b59535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59535;
$custom-light: #cfb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68163,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59535

secondary

#8091C6

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59535

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

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