#B59C31#B59C31

#B59C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C31
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -2.36, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 56.43, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0121 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5005, 33.8241, 7.7746)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C31 #314AB5

analogous

#B55A31 #B59C31 #8CB531

triadic

#B59C31 #31B59C #9C31B5

tetradic

#B59C31 #31B55A #314AB5 #B5318C

square

#B59C31 #31B55A #314AB5 #B5318C

split-complementary

#B59C31 #318CB5 #5A31B5

monochromatic

#554917 #857224 #B59C31 #D0B953 #DDCC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B59C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C31

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C31	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb870',
    500: '#b59c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c31;
$custom-light: #cfb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.696,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C31

secondary

#7B89C7

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C31

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

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