#B59B37#B59B37

#B59B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B37
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -1.51, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 53.74, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.009 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.121 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4686, 33.5440, 8.4308)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B37 #3751B5

analogous

#B55C37 #B59B37 #90B537

triadic

#B59B37 #37B59B #9B37B5

tetradic

#B59B37 #37B55C #3751B5 #B53790

square

#B59B37 #37B55C #3751B5 #B53790

split-complementary

#B59B37 #3790B5 #5C37B5

monochromatic

#574B1A #867329 #B59B37 #CDB65C #DCCB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B59B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B37

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B37	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb873',
    500: '#b59b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b37;
$custom-light: #cfb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69437,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B37

secondary

#8290C6

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B37

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

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