#B59938#B59938

#B59938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59938
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -0.37, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 52.76, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0056 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.119 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1627, 32.8935, 8.4483)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59938 #3854B5

analogous

#B55B38 #B59938 #93B538

triadic

#B59938 #38B599 #9938B5

tetradic

#B59938 #38B55B #3854B5 #B53893

square

#B59938 #38B55B #3854B5 #B53893

split-complementary

#B59938 #3893B5 #5B38B5

monochromatic

#584A1B #86712A #B59938 #CDB45D #DBCA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B59938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59938

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59938	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)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb674',
    500: '#b59938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59938;
$custom-light: #cfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69025,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59938

secondary

#8392C6

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59938

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

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