#B59D31#B59D31

#B59D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D31
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -2.89, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 56.71, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0137 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6690, 34.1611, 7.8308)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D31 #3149B5

analogous

#B55B31 #B59D31 #8BB531

triadic

#B59D31 #31B59D #9D31B5

tetradic

#B59D31 #31B55B #3149B5 #B5318B

square

#B59D31 #31B55B #3149B5 #B5318B

split-complementary

#B59D31 #318BB5 #5B31B5

monochromatic

#554917 #857324 #B59D31 #D0BA53 #DDCD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D31

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D31	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb970',
    500: '#b59d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d31;
$custom-light: #cfb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69811,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D31

secondary

#7B89C7

accent

#63E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D31

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

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