#B59735#B59735

#B59735 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59735
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 0.55, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 53.46, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0034 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7669, 32.2158, 7.9652)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59735 #3553B5

analogous

#B55735 #B59735 #93B535

triadic

#B59735 #35B597 #9735B5

tetradic

#B59735 #35B557 #3553B5 #B53593

square

#B59735 #35B557 #3553B5 #B53593

split-complementary

#B59735 #3593B5 #5735B5

monochromatic

#564819 #867027 #B59735 #CEB359 #DCC988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B59735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B59735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59735

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59735	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb572',
    500: '#b59735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59735;
$custom-light: #cfb572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6858,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59735

secondary

#8090C6

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59735

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

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