#B59F39#B59F39

#B59F39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F39
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -3.55, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 54.11, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0146 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1942, 34.9170, 8.9140)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F39 #394FB5

analogous

#B56139 #B59F39 #8DB539

triadic

#B59F39 #39B59F #9F39B5

tetradic

#B59F39 #39B561 #394FB5 #B5398D

square

#B59F39 #39B561 #394FB5 #B5398D

split-complementary

#B59F39 #398DB5 #6139B5

monochromatic

#584D1C #86762A #B59F39 #CDB95F #DBCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B59F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F39

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F39	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)

#AF9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb75',
    500: '#b59f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f39;
$custom-light: #cfbb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.703,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F39

secondary

#8490C6

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F39

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

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