#B59831#B59831

#B59831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.123 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59831
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -0.20, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 55.33, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.006 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.123 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8403, 32.5038, 7.5546)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59831 #314EB5

analogous

#B55631 #B59831 #90B531

triadic

#B59831 #31B598 #9831B5

tetradic

#B59831 #31B556 #314EB5 #B53190

square

#B59831 #31B556 #314EB5 #B53190

split-complementary

#B59831 #3190B5 #5631B5

monochromatic

#554717 #857024 #B59831 #D0B553 #DDCA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B59831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B59831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59831

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59831	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)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.123 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb670',
    500: '#b59831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59831;
$custom-light: #cfb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68757,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59831

secondary

#7B8CC7

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59831

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

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