#B59C34#B59C34

#B59C34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C34
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -2.21, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 55.25, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0114 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.123 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5660, 33.8503, 8.1193)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C34 #344DB5

analogous

#B55B34 #B59C34 #8DB534

triadic

#B59C34 #34B59C #9C34B5

tetradic

#B59C34 #34B55B #344DB5 #B5348D

square

#B59C34 #34B55B #344DB5 #B5348D

split-complementary

#B59C34 #348DB5 #5B34B5

monochromatic

#564A19 #857326 #B59C34 #CFB857 #DCCC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C34

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C34	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb872',
    500: '#b59c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c34;
$custom-light: #cfb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C34

secondary

#7F8CC6

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C34

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

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