#B59E32#B59E32

#B59E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E32
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -3.38, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 56.62, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0149 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8602, 34.5094, 7.9998)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E32 #3249B5

analogous

#B55D32 #B59E32 #8AB532

triadic

#B59E32 #32B59E #9E32B5

tetradic

#B59E32 #32B55D #3249B5 #B5328A

square

#B59E32 #32B55D #3249B5 #B5328A

split-complementary

#B59E32 #328AB5 #5D32B5

monochromatic

#554A18 #857425 #B59E32 #D0BA54 #DDCE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E32

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E32	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)

#AE9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba71',
    500: '#b59e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e32;
$custom-light: #cfba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70031,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E32

secondary

#7C89C7

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E32

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

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