#B59835#B59835

#B59835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59835
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 0.00, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 53.73, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0049 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.12 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9285, 32.5390, 8.0191)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59835 #3552B5

analogous

#B55835 #B59835 #92B535

triadic

#B59835 #35B598 #9835B5

tetradic

#B59835 #35B558 #3552B5 #B53592

square

#B59835 #35B558 #3552B5 #B53592

split-complementary

#B59835 #3592B5 #5835B5

monochromatic

#564819 #867027 #B59835 #CEB459 #DCC988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B59835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B59835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59835

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59835	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb672',
    500: '#b59835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59835;
$custom-light: #cfb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59835

secondary

#8090C6

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59835

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

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