#B59C33#B59C33

#B59C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C33
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -2.26, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 55.65, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0116 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.124 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5437, 33.8414, 8.0019)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C33 #334CB5

analogous

#B55B33 #B59C33 #8DB533

triadic

#B59C33 #33B59C #9C33B5

tetradic

#B59C33 #33B55B #334CB5 #B5338D

square

#B59C33 #33B55B #334CB5 #B5338D

split-complementary

#B59C33 #338DB5 #5B33B5

monochromatic

#564A18 #857326 #B59C33 #CFB856 #DDCC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C33

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C33	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)

#AC9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb871',
    500: '#b59c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c33;
$custom-light: #cfb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69615,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C33

secondary

#7D8BC6

accent

#65DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C33

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

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