#B59A38#B59A38

#B59A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A38
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -0.91, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 53.04, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0072 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.119 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3271, 33.2222, 8.5031)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A38 #3853B5

analogous

#B55C38 #B59A38 #92B538

triadic

#B59A38 #38B59A #9A38B5

tetradic

#B59A38 #38B55C #3853B5 #B53892

square

#B59A38 #38B55C #3853B5 #B53892

split-complementary

#B59A38 #3892B5 #5C38B5

monochromatic

#584A1B #86722A #B59A38 #CDB55D #DBCA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B59A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A38

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A38	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb774',
    500: '#b59a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a38;
$custom-light: #cfb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69235,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A38

secondary

#8391C6

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A38

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

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