#B59F31#B59F31

#B59F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F31
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -3.97, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 57.30, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0167 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.128 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0102, 34.8434, 7.9445)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F31 #3147B5

analogous

#B55D31 #B59F31 #89B531

triadic

#B59F31 #31B59F #9F31B5

tetradic

#B59F31 #31B55D #3147B5 #B53189

square

#B59F31 #31B55D #3147B5 #B53189

split-complementary

#B59F31 #3189B5 #5D31B5

monochromatic

#554A17 #857524 #B59F31 #D0BB53 #DDCE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F31

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F31	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb71',
    500: '#b59f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f31;
$custom-light: #cfbb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70236,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F31

secondary

#7B88C7

accent

#61E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F31

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

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