#B59431#B59431

#B59431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.120 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59431
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, 1.98, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 54.32, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0003 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.12 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2020, 31.2272, 7.3418)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59431 #3152B5

analogous

#B55231 #B59431 #94B531

triadic

#B59431 #31B594 #9431B5

tetradic

#B59431 #31B552 #3152B5 #B53194

square

#B59431 #31B552 #3152B5 #B53194

split-complementary

#B59431 #3194B5 #5231B5

monochromatic

#554517 #856D24 #B59431 #D0B153 #DDC783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B59431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B59431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59431

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59431	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.120 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36f',
    500: '#b59431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59431;
$custom-light: #cfb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67923,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59431

secondary

#7B8EC7

accent

#6EE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59431

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

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