#B59A32#B59A32

#B59A32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A32
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -1.23, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 55.48, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0088 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1890, 33.1670, 7.7761)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A32 #324DB5

analogous

#B55932 #B59A32 #8EB532

triadic

#B59A32 #32B59A #9A32B5

tetradic

#B59A32 #32B559 #324DB5 #B5328E

square

#B59A32 #32B559 #324DB5 #B5328E

split-complementary

#B59A32 #328EB5 #5932B5

monochromatic

#554818 #857125 #B59A32 #D0B654 #DDCB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B59A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A32

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A32	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)

#AA9722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb771',
    500: '#b59a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a32;
$custom-light: #cfb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69185,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A32

secondary

#7C8CC7

accent

#67E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A32

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

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