#B59F38#B59F38

#B59F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F38
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -3.60, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 54.52, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0149 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.123 97)
XYZ	xyz(32.1695, 34.9072, 8.7839)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F38 #384EB5

analogous

#B56138 #B59F38 #8DB538

triadic

#B59F38 #38B59F #9F38B5

tetradic

#B59F38 #38B561 #384EB5 #B5388D

square

#B59F38 #38B561 #384EB5 #B5388D

split-complementary

#B59F38 #388DB5 #6138B5

monochromatic

#584D1B #86762A #B59F38 #CDB95D #DBCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F38

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F38	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)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb74',
    500: '#b59f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f38;
$custom-light: #cfbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70291,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.34906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F38

secondary

#838FC6

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F38

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

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