#B59D33#B59D33

#B59D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D33
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -2.80, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 55.93, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0132 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(31.7122, 34.1784, 8.0581)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D33 #334BB5

analogous

#B55C33 #B59D33 #8CB533

triadic

#B59D33 #33B59D #9D33B5

tetradic

#B59D33 #33B55C #334BB5 #B5338C

square

#B59D33 #33B55C #334BB5 #B5338C

split-complementary

#B59D33 #338CB5 #5C33B5

monochromatic

#564A18 #857426 #B59D33 #CFB956 #DDCD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B59D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D33

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D33	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb971',
    500: '#b59d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d33;
$custom-light: #cfb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.34177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D33

secondary

#7D8BC6

accent

#64DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D33

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

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