#B59935#B59935

#B59935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59935
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -0.54, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 54.00, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0065 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.121 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0915, 32.8650, 8.0734)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59935 #3551B5

analogous

#B55935 #B59935 #91B535

triadic

#B59935 #35B599 #9935B5

tetradic

#B59935 #35B559 #3551B5 #B53591

square

#B59935 #35B559 #3551B5 #B53591

split-complementary

#B59935 #3591B5 #5935B5

monochromatic

#564919 #867127 #B59935 #CEB559 #DCCA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B59935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59935

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59935	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb672',
    500: '#b59935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59935;
$custom-light: #cfb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68999,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59935

secondary

#808FC6

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59935

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

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