#B59D32#B59D32

#B59D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D32
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -2.85, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 56.33, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0134 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.126 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6904, 34.1697, 7.9432)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D32 #324AB5

analogous

#B55C32 #B59D32 #8BB532

triadic

#B59D32 #32B59D #9D32B5

tetradic

#B59D32 #32B55C #324AB5 #B5328B

square

#B59D32 #32B55C #324AB5 #B5328B

split-complementary

#B59D32 #328BB5 #5C32B5

monochromatic

#554A18 #857325 #B59D32 #D0B954 #DDCD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D32

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D32	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)

#AD9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb971',
    500: '#b59d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d32;
$custom-light: #cfb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D32

secondary

#7C8AC7

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D32

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

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