#B59C35#B59C35

#B59C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C35
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -2.16, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 54.85, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0111 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.123 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5887, 33.8594, 8.2391)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C35 #354EB5

analogous

#B55C35 #B59C35 #8EB535

triadic

#B59C35 #35B59C #9C35B5

tetradic

#B59C35 #35B55C #354EB5 #B5358E

square

#B59C35 #35B55C #354EB5 #B5358E

split-complementary

#B59C35 #358EB5 #5C35B5

monochromatic

#564A19 #867327 #B59C35 #CEB759 #DCCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C35

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C35	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb872',
    500: '#b59c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c35;
$custom-light: #cfb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69631,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C35

secondary

#808DC6

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C35

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

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