#B59F36#B59F36

#B59F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F36
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -3.71, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 55.34, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0154 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.124 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1216, 34.8880, 8.5314)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F36 #364CB5

analogous

#B55F36 #B59F36 #8BB536

triadic

#B59F36 #36B59F #9F36B5

tetradic

#B59F36 #36B55F #364CB5 #B5368B

square

#B59F36 #36B55F #364CB5 #B5368B

split-complementary

#B59F36 #368BB5 #5F36B5

monochromatic

#574C1A #867628 #B59F36 #CEBA5A #DCCE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F36

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F36	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)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb73',
    500: '#b59f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f36;
$custom-light: #cfbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70275,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F36

secondary

#818DC6

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F36

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

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