#B59A34#B59A34

#B59A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A34
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -1.13, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 54.68, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0083 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.122 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2331, 33.1846, 8.0083)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A34 #344FB5

analogous

#B55934 #B59A34 #8FB534

triadic

#B59A34 #34B59A #9A34B5

tetradic

#B59A34 #34B559 #344FB5 #B5348F

square

#B59A34 #34B559 #344FB5 #B5348F

split-complementary

#B59A34 #348FB5 #5934B5

monochromatic

#564919 #857226 #B59A34 #CFB657 #DCCB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B59A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A34

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A34	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb772',
    500: '#b59a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a34;
$custom-light: #cfb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69201,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A34

secondary

#7F8EC6

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A34

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

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