#B59C32#B59C32

#B59C32 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 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C32
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -2.31, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 56.04, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0119 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5219, 33.8327, 7.8870)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C32 #324BB5

analogous

#B55B32 #B59C32 #8CB532

triadic

#B59C32 #32B59C #9C32B5

tetradic

#B59C32 #32B55B #324BB5 #B5328C

square

#B59C32 #32B55B #324BB5 #B5328C

split-complementary

#B59C32 #328CB5 #5B32B5

monochromatic

#554918 #857325 #B59C32 #D0B854 #DDCC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C32

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C32	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb871',
    500: '#b59c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c32;
$custom-light: #cfb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C32

secondary

#7C8AC7

accent

#65E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C32

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

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