#B59E34#B59E34

#B59E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E34
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -3.28, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 55.84, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0144 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9043, 34.5271, 8.2320)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E34 #344BB5

analogous

#B55D34 #B59E34 #8BB534

triadic

#B59E34 #34B59E #9E34B5

tetradic

#B59E34 #34B55D #344BB5 #B5348B

square

#B59E34 #34B55D #344BB5 #B5348B

split-complementary

#B59E34 #348BB5 #5D34B5

monochromatic

#564B19 #857426 #B59E34 #CFBA57 #DCCD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E34

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E34	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba72',
    500: '#b59e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e34;
$custom-light: #cfba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70046,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E34

secondary

#7F8BC6

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E34

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

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