#B59F37#B59F37

#B59F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F37
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -3.66, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 54.93, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0152 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.124 97)
XYZ	xyz(32.1453, 34.8975, 8.6564)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F37 #374DB5

analogous

#B56037 #B59F37 #8CB537

triadic

#B59F37 #37B59F #9F37B5

tetradic

#B59F37 #37B560 #374DB5 #B5378C

square

#B59F37 #37B560 #374DB5 #B5378C

split-complementary

#B59F37 #378CB5 #6037B5

monochromatic

#574D1A #867629 #B59F37 #CDBA5C #DCCE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F37

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F37	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)

#AF9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb74',
    500: '#b59f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f37;
$custom-light: #cfbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70283,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.34896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F37

secondary

#828EC6

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F37

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

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