#B59C38#B59C38

#B59C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.121 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C38
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -1.99, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 53.62, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0103 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.121 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6599, 33.8879, 8.6140)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C38 #3851B5

analogous

#B55E38 #B59C38 #90B538

triadic

#B59C38 #38B59C #9C38B5

tetradic

#B59C38 #38B55E #3851B5 #B53890

square

#B59C38 #38B55E #3851B5 #B53890

split-complementary

#B59C38 #3890B5 #5E38B5

monochromatic

#584B1B #86742A #B59C38 #CDB75D #DBCC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B59C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C38

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C38	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.121 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb874',
    500: '#b59c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c38;
$custom-light: #cfb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69656,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C38

secondary

#8390C6

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C38

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

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