#B59C36#B59C36

#B59C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C36
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -2.10, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 54.44, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0108 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.122 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6120, 33.8687, 8.3616)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C36 #364FB5

analogous

#B55C36 #B59C36 #8EB536

triadic

#B59C36 #36B59C #9C36B5

tetradic

#B59C36 #36B55C #364FB5 #B5368E

square

#B59C36 #36B55C #364FB5 #B5368E

split-complementary

#B59C36 #368EB5 #5C36B5

monochromatic

#574B1A #867328 #B59C36 #CEB75A #DCCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C36

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb873',
    500: '#b59c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c36;
$custom-light: #cfb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69639,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C36

secondary

#818EC6

accent

#67DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C36

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

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