#B59E31#B59E31

#B59E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E31
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -3.43, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 57.00, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0152 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8389, 34.5009, 7.8874)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E31 #3148B5

analogous

#B55C31 #B59E31 #8AB531

triadic

#B59E31 #31B59E #9E31B5

tetradic

#B59E31 #31B55C #3148B5 #B5318A

square

#B59E31 #31B55C #3148B5 #B5318A

split-complementary

#B59E31 #318AB5 #5C31B5

monochromatic

#554A17 #857424 #B59E31 #D0BB53 #DDCE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E31

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E31	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba70',
    500: '#b59e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e31;
$custom-light: #cfba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E31

secondary

#7B88C7

accent

#62E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E31

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

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