#B59932#B59932

#B59932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59932
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -0.69, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 55.20, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0073 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.123 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0247, 32.8383, 7.7213)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59932 #324EB5

analogous

#B55832 #B59932 #8FB532

triadic

#B59932 #32B599 #9932B5

tetradic

#B59932 #32B558 #324EB5 #B5328F

square

#B59932 #32B558 #324EB5 #B5328F

split-complementary

#B59932 #328FB5 #5832B5

monochromatic

#554818 #857025 #B59932 #D0B554 #DDCA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B59932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B59932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59932

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59932	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)

#A99623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb670',
    500: '#b59932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59932;
$custom-light: #cfb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68975,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59932

secondary

#7C8CC7

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59932

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

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