#B59B38#B59B38

#B59B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B38
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -1.46, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 53.33, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0088 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.12 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4928, 33.5537, 8.5583)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B38 #3852B5

analogous

#B55D38 #B59B38 #91B538

triadic

#B59B38 #38B59B #9B38B5

tetradic

#B59B38 #38B55D #3852B5 #B53891

square

#B59B38 #38B55D #3852B5 #B53891

split-complementary

#B59B38 #3891B5 #5D38B5

monochromatic

#584B1B #86732A #B59B38 #CDB65D #DBCB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B59B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B59B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B38

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb874',
    500: '#b59b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b38;
$custom-light: #cfb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69445,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B38

secondary

#8391C6

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B38

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

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