#B59A30#B59A30

#B59A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A30
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -1.33, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 56.25, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0093 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.125 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1468, 33.1501, 7.5538)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A30 #304BB5

analogous

#B55830 #B59A30 #8DB530

triadic

#B59A30 #30B59A #9A30B5

tetradic

#B59A30 #30B558 #304BB5 #B5308D

square

#B59A30 #30B558 #304BB5 #B5308D

split-complementary

#B59A30 #308DB5 #5830B5

monochromatic

#544816 #857123 #B59A30 #D1B751 #DECB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B59A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A30

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A30	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb76f',
    500: '#b59a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a30;
$custom-light: #cfb76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6917,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A30

secondary

#7A8AC7

accent

#66E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A30

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

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