#B59A31#B59A31
#B59A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B59A31 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 154, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 57%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 73%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.9%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.29, -1.28, 55.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.29, 55.87, 91.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.18% -0.0091 0.1238) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.18% 0.124 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.1677, 33.1585, 7.6637) |
| Luminance | 0.3316 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 2.97
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.04
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.67
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 3.68
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 3.69
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 3.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B59A31 #314CB5
analogous
#B55831 #B59A31 #8EB531
triadic
#B59A31 #31B59A #9A31B5
tetradic
#B59A31 #31B558 #314CB5 #B5318E
square
#B59A31 #31B558 #314CB5 #B5318E
split-complementary
#B59A31 #318EB5 #5831B5
monochromatic
#554817 #857124 #B59A31 #D0B753 #DDCB83
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#B59A31 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.63
#B59A31 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B59A31
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B59A31 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B59A31 | 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)
#AA9721
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C48E85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b59a31; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfb770',
500: '#b59a31',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b59a31; $custom-light: #cfb770; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b59a31",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 154,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.727,
"s": 57.391,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69178,
"c": 0.12411,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.33157
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B59A31
secondary
#7B8BC7
accent
#67E147
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#83807B