#B19D31#B19D31

#B19D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19D31
RGB	rgb(177, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -4.67, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 56.33, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0185 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7443, 33.6843, 7.7875)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19D31 #3145B1

analogous

#B15D31 #B19D31 #85B131

triadic

#B19D31 #31B19D #9D31B1

tetradic

#B19D31 #31B15D #3145B1 #B13185

square

#B19D31 #31B15D #3145B1 #B13185

split-complementary

#B19D31 #3185B1 #5D31B1

monochromatic

#514816 #817224 #B19D31 #CFBB51 #DCCE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B19D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B19D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19D31

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19D31	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb970',
    500: '#b19d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19d31;
$custom-light: #ccb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69422,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19D31

secondary

#7985C5

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19D31

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

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