#B59E38#B59E38

#B59E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E38
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -3.07, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 54.22, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0134 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.122 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9983, 34.5646, 8.7268)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E38 #384FB5

analogous

#B56038 #B59E38 #8EB538

triadic

#B59E38 #38B59E #9E38B5

tetradic

#B59E38 #38B560 #384FB5 #B5388E

square

#B59E38 #38B560 #384FB5 #B5388E

split-complementary

#B59E38 #388EB5 #6038B5

monochromatic

#584C1B #86752A #B59E38 #CDB85D #DBCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B59E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E38

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba74',
    500: '#b59e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e38;
$custom-light: #cfba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E38

secondary

#838FC6

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E38

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

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