#B59A35#B59A35

#B59A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A35
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -1.08, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 54.28, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.008 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.121 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2559, 33.1937, 8.1282)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A35 #3550B5

analogous

#B55A35 #B59A35 #90B535

triadic

#B59A35 #35B59A #9A35B5

tetradic

#B59A35 #35B55A #3550B5 #B53590

square

#B59A35 #35B55A #3550B5 #B53590

split-complementary

#B59A35 #3590B5 #5A35B5

monochromatic

#564919 #867227 #B59A35 #CEB659 #DCCA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B59A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A35

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A35	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb772',
    500: '#b59a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a35;
$custom-light: #cfb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69209,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A35

secondary

#808FC6

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A35

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

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