#B59933#B59933

#B59933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59933
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -0.64, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 54.81, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.007 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.122 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0465, 32.8470, 7.8362)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59933 #334FB5

analogous

#B55833 #B59933 #90B533

triadic

#B59933 #33B599 #9933B5

tetradic

#B59933 #33B558 #334FB5 #B53390

square

#B59933 #33B558 #334FB5 #B53390

split-complementary

#B59933 #3390B5 #5833B5

monochromatic

#564818 #857126 #B59933 #CFB556 #DDCA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B59933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59933

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59933	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb671',
    500: '#b59933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59933;
$custom-light: #cfb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68983,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59933

secondary

#7D8DC6

accent

#69DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59933

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

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