#B59D37#B59D37
#B59D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B59D37 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 157, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 53%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 70%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.6%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.13, -2.59, 54.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.13, 54.33, 92.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.86% -0.0121 0.1215) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.86% 0.122 95.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.8042, 34.2152, 8.5427) |
| Luminance | 0.3421 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.68
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.17
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.46
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.69
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.79
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B59D37 #374FB5
analogous
#B55E37 #B59D37 #8EB537
triadic
#B59D37 #37B59D #9D37B5
tetradic
#B59D37 #37B55E #374FB5 #B5378E
square
#B59D37 #37B55E #374FB5 #B5378E
split-complementary
#B59D37 #378EB5 #5E37B5
monochromatic
#574C1A #867429 #B59D37 #CDB85C #DCCC8B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.68
#B59D37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.84
#B59D37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B59D37
7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B59D37 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B59D37 | 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)
#AD9A29
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A13D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C39188
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b59d37; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 95.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfb974',
500: '#b59d37',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b59d37; $custom-light: #cfb974; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b59d37",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 157,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.571,
"s": 53.39,
"l": 46.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69859,
"c": 0.12213,
"h": 95.7
},
"luminance": 0.34214
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B59D37
secondary
#828FC6
accent
#67DD4B
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#83807B