#B59B32#B59B32

#B59B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.124 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B32
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -1.77, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 55.76, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0103 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.124 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3547, 33.4985, 7.8313)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B32 #324CB5

analogous

#B55A32 #B59B32 #8DB532

triadic

#B59B32 #32B59B #9B32B5

tetradic

#B59B32 #32B55A #324CB5 #B5328D

square

#B59B32 #32B55A #324CB5 #B5328D

split-complementary

#B59B32 #328DB5 #5A32B5

monochromatic

#554918 #857225 #B59B32 #D0B754 #DDCB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B32

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B32	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)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.124 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb871',
    500: '#b59b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b32;
$custom-light: #cfb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69396,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B32

secondary

#7C8BC7

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B32

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

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