#B59931#B59931

#B59931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59931
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -0.74, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 55.60, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0075 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0033, 32.8297, 7.6089)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59931 #314DB5

analogous

#B55731 #B59931 #8FB531

triadic

#B59931 #31B599 #9931B5

tetradic

#B59931 #31B557 #314DB5 #B5318F

square

#B59931 #31B557 #314DB5 #B5318F

split-complementary

#B59931 #318FB5 #5731B5

monochromatic

#554817 #857024 #B59931 #D0B653 #DDCA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B59931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B59931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59931

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59931	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb670',
    500: '#b59931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59931;
$custom-light: #cfb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68967,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59931

secondary

#7B8BC7

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59931

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

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