#B59D36#B59D36

#B59D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D36
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -2.64, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 54.73, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0124 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7805, 34.2057, 8.4177)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D36 #364EB5

analogous

#B55D36 #B59D36 #8DB536

triadic

#B59D36 #36B59D #9D36B5

tetradic

#B59D36 #36B55D #364EB5 #B5368D

square

#B59D36 #36B55D #364EB5 #B5368D

split-complementary

#B59D36 #368DB5 #5D36B5

monochromatic

#574B1A #867428 #B59D36 #CEB85A #DCCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B59D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D36

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D36	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)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb973',
    500: '#b59d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d36;
$custom-light: #cfb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6985,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D36

secondary

#818EC6

accent

#66DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D36

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

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