#B59D35#B59D35

#B59D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D35
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -2.69, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 55.14, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0126 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7572, 34.1964, 8.2953)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D35 #354DB5

analogous

#B55D35 #B59D35 #8DB535

triadic

#B59D35 #35B59D #9D35B5

tetradic

#B59D35 #35B55D #354DB5 #B5358D

square

#B59D35 #35B55D #354DB5 #B5358D

split-complementary

#B59D35 #358DB5 #5D35B5

monochromatic

#564B19 #867427 #B59D35 #CEB859 #DCCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B59D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D35

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D35	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)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb973',
    500: '#b59d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d35;
$custom-light: #cfb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69842,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D35

secondary

#808DC6

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D35

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

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