#B59B31#B59B31

#B59B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B31
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -1.82, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 56.14, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0106 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3334, 33.4899, 7.7189)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B31 #314BB5

analogous

#B55931 #B59B31 #8DB531

triadic

#B59B31 #31B59B #9B31B5

tetradic

#B59B31 #31B559 #314BB5 #B5318D

square

#B59B31 #31B559 #314BB5 #B5318D

split-complementary

#B59B31 #318DB5 #5931B5

monochromatic

#554917 #857224 #B59B31 #D0B853 #DDCC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B31

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B31	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)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb870',
    500: '#b59b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b31;
$custom-light: #cfb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69388,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B31

secondary

#7B8AC7

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B31

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

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