#B59A36#B59A36

#B59A36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A36
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -1.02, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 53.87, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0077 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.121 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2791, 33.2030, 8.2506)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A36 #3651B5

analogous

#B55A36 #B59A36 #90B536

triadic

#B59A36 #36B59A #9A36B5

tetradic

#B59A36 #36B55A #3651B5 #B53690

square

#B59A36 #36B55A #3651B5 #B53690

split-complementary

#B59A36 #3690B5 #5A36B5

monochromatic

#574A1A #867228 #B59A36 #CEB55A #DCCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B59A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A36

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A36	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)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb773',
    500: '#b59a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a36;
$custom-light: #cfb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A36

secondary

#818FC6

accent

#6ADD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A36

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

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