#B59D34#B59D34

#B59D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D34
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -2.75, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 55.54, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0129 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.124 96)
XYZ	xyz(31.7344, 34.1873, 8.1754)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D34 #344CB5

analogous

#B55C34 #B59D34 #8CB534

triadic

#B59D34 #34B59D #9D34B5

tetradic

#B59D34 #34B55C #344CB5 #B5348C

square

#B59D34 #34B55C #344CB5 #B5348C

split-complementary

#B59D34 #348CB5 #5C34B5

monochromatic

#564B19 #857426 #B59D34 #CFB957 #DCCD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B59D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D34

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D34	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb972',
    500: '#b59d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d34;
$custom-light: #cfb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69834,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.34186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D34

secondary

#7F8CC6

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D34

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

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