#B59532#B59532

#B59532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.120 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59532
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 1.48, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 54.17, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.001 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.12 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3809, 31.5508, 7.5067)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59532 #3252B5

analogous

#B55432 #B59532 #93B532

triadic

#B59532 #32B595 #9532B5

tetradic

#B59532 #32B554 #3252B5 #B53293

square

#B59532 #32B554 #3252B5 #B53293

split-complementary

#B59532 #3293B5 #5432B5

monochromatic

#554618 #856E25 #B59532 #D0B254 #DDC784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B59532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B59532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59532

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59532	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)

#A69324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.120 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb370',
    500: '#b59532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59532;
$custom-light: #cfb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68138,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59532

secondary

#7C8EC7

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59532

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

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