#B59937#B59937

#B59937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59937
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -0.43, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 53.18, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0059 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.119 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1385, 32.8838, 8.3208)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59937 #3753B5

analogous

#B55A37 #B59937 #92B537

triadic

#B59937 #37B599 #9937B5

tetradic

#B59937 #37B55A #3753B5 #B53792

square

#B59937 #37B55A #3753B5 #B53792

split-complementary

#B59937 #3792B5 #5A37B5

monochromatic

#574A1A #867129 #B59937 #CDB45C #DCCA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B59937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59937

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59937	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb673',
    500: '#b59937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59937;
$custom-light: #cfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69016,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59937

secondary

#8291C6

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59937

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

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