#B59530#B59530

#B59530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.122 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59530
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, 1.38, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 54.96, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0015 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.122 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3387, 31.5339, 7.2844)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59530 #3050B5

analogous

#B55330 #B59530 #93B530

triadic

#B59530 #30B595 #9530B5

tetradic

#B59530 #30B553 #3050B5 #B53093

square

#B59530 #30B553 #3050B5 #B53093

split-complementary

#B59530 #3093B5 #5330B5

monochromatic

#544516 #856D23 #B59530 #D1B251 #DEC882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B59530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59530

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59530	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.122 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb36f',
    500: '#b59530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59530;
$custom-light: #cfb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68123,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59530

secondary

#7A8CC7

accent

#6CE146

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59530

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

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