#B59D38#B59D38

#B59D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D38
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -2.53, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 53.91, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0118 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.121 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8284, 34.2249, 8.6702)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D38 #3850B5

analogous

#B55F38 #B59D38 #8FB538

triadic

#B59D38 #38B59D #9D38B5

tetradic

#B59D38 #38B55F #3850B5 #B5388F

square

#B59D38 #38B55F #3850B5 #B5388F

split-complementary

#B59D38 #388FB5 #5F38B5

monochromatic

#584C1B #86742A #B59D38 #CDB85D #DBCC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B59D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D38

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D38	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)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb974',
    500: '#b59d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d38;
$custom-light: #cfb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69867,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D38

secondary

#8390C6

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D38

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

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