#B59E36#B59E36

#B59E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E36
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -3.18, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 55.03, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0139 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9503, 34.5455, 8.4743)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E36 #364DB5

analogous

#B55E36 #B59E36 #8CB536

triadic

#B59E36 #36B59E #9E36B5

tetradic

#B59E36 #36B55E #364DB5 #B5368C

square

#B59E36 #36B55E #364DB5 #B5368C

split-complementary

#B59E36 #368CB5 #5E36B5

monochromatic

#574C1A #867528 #B59E36 #CEB95A #DCCD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B59E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E36

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E36	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba73',
    500: '#b59e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e36;
$custom-light: #cfba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70062,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E36

secondary

#818DC6

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E36

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

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