#B59F34#B59F34

#B59F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F34
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -3.82, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 56.14, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.016 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0756, 34.8696, 8.2891)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F34 #344AB5

analogous

#B55E34 #B59F34 #8BB534

triadic

#B59F34 #34B59F #9F34B5

tetradic

#B59F34 #34B55E #344AB5 #B5348B

square

#B59F34 #34B55E #344AB5 #B5348B

split-complementary

#B59F34 #348BB5 #5E34B5

monochromatic

#564B19 #857526 #B59F34 #CFBA57 #DCCE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F34

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F34	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb72',
    500: '#b59f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f34;
$custom-light: #cfbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70259,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F34

secondary

#7F8BC6

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F34

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

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