#B59B30#B59B30

#B59B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B30
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -1.87, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 56.53, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0108 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.125 95)
XYZ	xyz(31.3125, 33.4816, 7.6090)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B30 #304AB5

analogous

#B55930 #B59B30 #8CB530

triadic

#B59B30 #30B59B #9B30B5

tetradic

#B59B30 #30B559 #304AB5 #B5308C

square

#B59B30 #30B559 #304AB5 #B5308C

split-complementary

#B59B30 #308CB5 #5930B5

monochromatic

#544816 #857223 #B59B30 #D1B851 #DECC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B30

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B30	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb870',
    500: '#b59b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b30;
$custom-light: #cfb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69381,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.3348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B30

secondary

#7A89C7

accent

#65E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B30

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

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