#B59A37#B59A37

#B59A37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A37
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -0.97, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 53.46, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0075 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.12 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3028, 33.2125, 8.3756)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A37 #3752B5

analogous

#B55B37 #B59A37 #91B537

triadic

#B59A37 #37B59A #9A37B5

tetradic

#B59A37 #37B55B #3752B5 #B53791

square

#B59A37 #37B55B #3752B5 #B53791

split-complementary

#B59A37 #3791B5 #5B37B5

monochromatic

#574A1A #867229 #B59A37 #CDB55C #DCCA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B59A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A37

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A37	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)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb773',
    500: '#b59a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a37;
$custom-light: #cfb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69226,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A37

secondary

#8290C6

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A37

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

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