#B59B33#B59B33

#B59B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.123 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B33
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -1.72, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 55.36, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0101 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.123 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3766, 33.5072, 7.9462)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B33 #334DB5

analogous

#B55A33 #B59B33 #8EB533

triadic

#B59B33 #33B59B #9B33B5

tetradic

#B59B33 #33B55A #334DB5 #B5338E

square

#B59B33 #33B55A #334DB5 #B5338E

split-complementary

#B59B33 #338EB5 #5A33B5

monochromatic

#564918 #857226 #B59B33 #CFB756 #DDCB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B33

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B33	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)

#AB9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.123 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb871',
    500: '#b59b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b33;
$custom-light: #cfb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69404,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B33

secondary

#7D8CC6

accent

#67DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B33

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

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