#B59B36#B59B36

#B59B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B36
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -1.56, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 54.15, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0093 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.121 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4448, 33.5345, 8.3058)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B36 #3650B5

analogous

#B55B36 #B59B36 #8FB536

triadic

#B59B36 #36B59B #9B36B5

tetradic

#B59B36 #36B55B #3650B5 #B5368F

square

#B59B36 #36B55B #3650B5 #B5368F

split-complementary

#B59B36 #368FB5 #5B36B5

monochromatic

#574A1A #867328 #B59B36 #CEB65A #DCCB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B59B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B36

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B36	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb873',
    500: '#b59b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b36;
$custom-light: #cfb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69428,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B36

secondary

#818FC6

accent

#68DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B36

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

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