#B59934#B59934

#B59934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59934
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -0.59, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 54.41, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0067 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.121 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0688, 32.8559, 7.9535)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59934 #3450B5

analogous

#B55834 #B59934 #90B534

triadic

#B59934 #34B599 #9934B5

tetradic

#B59934 #34B558 #3450B5 #B53490

square

#B59934 #34B558 #3450B5 #B53490

split-complementary

#B59934 #3490B5 #5834B5

monochromatic

#564919 #857126 #B59934 #CFB557 #DCCA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B59934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59934

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59934	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)

#A99626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb672',
    500: '#b59934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59934;
$custom-light: #cfb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59934

secondary

#7F8EC6

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59934

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

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