#B59F35#B59F35

#B59F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F35
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -3.77, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 55.74, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0157 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0984, 34.8787, 8.4090)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F35 #354BB5

analogous

#B55F35 #B59F35 #8BB535

triadic

#B59F35 #35B59F #9F35B5

tetradic

#B59F35 #35B55F #354BB5 #B5358B

square

#B59F35 #35B55F #354BB5 #B5358B

split-complementary

#B59F35 #358BB5 #5F35B5

monochromatic

#564C19 #867527 #B59F35 #CEBA59 #DCCE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F35

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F35	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb73',
    500: '#b59f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f35;
$custom-light: #cfbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70267,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F35

secondary

#808CC6

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F35

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

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