#B59531#B59531

#B59531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59531
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, 1.43, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 54.56, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0013 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3596, 31.5423, 7.3943)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59531 #3151B5

analogous

#B55331 #B59531 #93B531

triadic

#B59531 #31B595 #9531B5

tetradic

#B59531 #31B553 #3151B5 #B53193

square

#B59531 #31B553 #3151B5 #B53193

split-complementary

#B59531 #3193B5 #5331B5

monochromatic

#554617 #856D24 #B59531 #D0B253 #DDC783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B59531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59531

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59531	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)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb370',
    500: '#b59531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59531;
$custom-light: #cfb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68131,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59531

secondary

#7B8DC7

accent

#6CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59531

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

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