#B59C30#B59C30

#B59C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C30
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -2.41, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 56.81, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0124 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.126 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4797, 33.8158, 7.6647)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C30 #3049B5

analogous

#B55A30 #B59C30 #8BB530

triadic

#B59C30 #30B59C #9C30B5

tetradic

#B59C30 #30B55A #3049B5 #B5308B

square

#B59C30 #30B55A #3049B5 #B5308B

split-complementary

#B59C30 #308BB5 #5A30B5

monochromatic

#544916 #857223 #B59C30 #D1B951 #DECC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B59C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C30

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C30	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb870',
    500: '#b59c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c30;
$custom-light: #cfb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69592,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C30

secondary

#7A88C7

accent

#64E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C30

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

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