#B59A33#B59A33

#B59A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A33
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -1.18, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 55.08, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0085 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.123 94)
XYZ	xyz(31.2108, 33.1757, 7.8909)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A33 #334EB5

analogous

#B55933 #B59A33 #8FB533

triadic

#B59A33 #33B59A #9A33B5

tetradic

#B59A33 #33B559 #334EB5 #B5338F

square

#B59A33 #33B559 #334EB5 #B5338F

split-complementary

#B59A33 #338FB5 #5933B5

monochromatic

#564918 #857126 #B59A33 #CFB656 #DDCB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B59A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A33

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A33	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)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb771',
    500: '#b59a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a33;
$custom-light: #cfb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69193,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.33174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A33

secondary

#7D8DC6

accent

#68DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A33

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

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