#B59930#B59930

#B59930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59930
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -0.79, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 55.98, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0078 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9824, 32.8214, 7.4990)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59930 #304CB5

analogous

#B55630 #B59930 #8FB530

triadic

#B59930 #30B599 #9930B5

tetradic

#B59930 #30B556 #304CB5 #B5308F

square

#B59930 #30B556 #304CB5 #B5308F

split-complementary

#B59930 #308FB5 #5630B5

monochromatic

#544716 #857023 #B59930 #D1B651 #DECA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B59930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B59930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59930

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59930	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb66f',
    500: '#b59930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59930;
$custom-light: #cfb66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59930

secondary

#7A8AC7

accent

#67E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59930

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

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