#B59E37#B59E37

#B59E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E37
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -3.12, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 54.63, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0136 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.123 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9741, 34.5550, 8.5993)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E37 #374EB5

analogous

#B55F37 #B59E37 #8DB537

triadic

#B59E37 #37B59E #9E37B5

tetradic

#B59E37 #37B55F #374EB5 #B5378D

square

#B59E37 #37B55F #374EB5 #B5378D

split-complementary

#B59E37 #378DB5 #5F37B5

monochromatic

#574C1A #867529 #B59E37 #CDB95C #DCCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B59E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E37

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E37	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba74',
    500: '#b59e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e37;
$custom-light: #cfba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70071,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E37

secondary

#828EC6

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E37

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

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