#B59830#B59830

#B59830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.123 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59830
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -0.25, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 55.72, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0062 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.123 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8195, 32.4954, 7.4447)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59830 #304DB5

analogous

#B55530 #B59830 #90B530

triadic

#B59830 #30B598 #9830B5

tetradic

#B59830 #30B555 #304DB5 #B53090

square

#B59830 #30B555 #304DB5 #B53090

split-complementary

#B59830 #3090B5 #5530B5

monochromatic

#544716 #856F23 #B59830 #D1B551 #DECA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B59830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B59830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59830

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59830	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.123 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb66f',
    500: '#b59830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59830;
$custom-light: #cfb66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6875,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59830

secondary

#7A8BC7

accent

#68E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59830

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

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