#B59E39#B59E39

#B59E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E39
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -3.01, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 53.80, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0131 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0230, 34.5745, 8.8569)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E39 #3950B5

analogous

#B56039 #B59E39 #8EB539

triadic

#B59E39 #39B59E #9E39B5

tetradic

#B59E39 #39B560 #3950B5 #B5398E

square

#B59E39 #39B560 #3950B5 #B5398E

split-complementary

#B59E39 #398EB5 #6039B5

monochromatic

#584D1C #86752A #B59E39 #CDB85F #DBCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B59E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E39

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E39	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)

#AE9B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba75',
    500: '#b59e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e39;
$custom-light: #cfba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70088,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E39

secondary

#8490C6

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E39

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

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