#B59936#B59936

#B59936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59936
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -0.48, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 53.59, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0062 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.12 93)
XYZ	xyz(31.1148, 32.8743, 8.1958)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59936 #3652B5

analogous

#B55936 #B59936 #91B536

triadic

#B59936 #36B599 #9936B5

tetradic

#B59936 #36B559 #3652B5 #B53691

square

#B59936 #36B559 #3652B5 #B53691

split-complementary

#B59936 #3691B5 #5936B5

monochromatic

#57491A #867128 #B59936 #CEB45A #DCCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B59936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59936

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59936	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)

#A99628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb673',
    500: '#b59936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59936;
$custom-light: #cfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.32873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59936

secondary

#8190C6

accent

#6BDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59936

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

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