#B59B34#B59B34

#B59B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.123 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B34
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -1.67, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 54.96, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0098 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.123 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3988, 33.5161, 8.0636)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B34 #344EB5

analogous

#B55A34 #B59B34 #8EB534

triadic

#B59B34 #34B59B #9B34B5

tetradic

#B59B34 #34B55A #344EB5 #B5348E

square

#B59B34 #34B55A #344EB5 #B5348E

split-complementary

#B59B34 #348EB5 #5A34B5

monochromatic

#564A19 #857226 #B59B34 #CFB757 #DCCB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B34

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B34	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.123 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb872',
    500: '#b59b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b34;
$custom-light: #cfb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69412,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B34

secondary

#7F8DC6

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B34

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

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