#B59E33#B59E33

#B59E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E33
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -3.33, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 56.23, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0147 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.126 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8820, 34.5181, 8.1147)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E33 #334AB5

analogous

#B55D33 #B59E33 #8BB533

triadic

#B59E33 #33B59E #9E33B5

tetradic

#B59E33 #33B55D #334AB5 #B5338B

square

#B59E33 #33B55D #334AB5 #B5338B

split-complementary

#B59E33 #338BB5 #5D33B5

monochromatic

#564B18 #857426 #B59E33 #CFBA56 #DDCD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E33

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba71',
    500: '#b59e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e33;
$custom-light: #cfba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70039,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E33

secondary

#7D8AC6

accent

#63DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E33

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

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