#B59B35#B59B35

#B59B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B35
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -1.62, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 54.56, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0096 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.122 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4216, 33.5252, 8.1834)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B35 #354FB5

analogous

#B55B35 #B59B35 #8FB535

triadic

#B59B35 #35B59B #9B35B5

tetradic

#B59B35 #35B55B #354FB5 #B5358F

square

#B59B35 #35B55B #354FB5 #B5358F

split-complementary

#B59B35 #358FB5 #5B35B5

monochromatic

#564A19 #867227 #B59B35 #CEB659 #DCCB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B35

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B35	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)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb872',
    500: '#b59b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b35;
$custom-light: #cfb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.812,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6942,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B35

secondary

#808EC6

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B35

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

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