#B59F33#B59F33

#B59F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F33
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -3.87, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 56.53, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0162 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0533, 34.8607, 8.1718)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F33 #3349B5

analogous

#B55E33 #B59F33 #8AB533

triadic

#B59F33 #33B59F #9F33B5

tetradic

#B59F33 #33B55E #3349B5 #B5338A

square

#B59F33 #33B55E #3349B5 #B5338A

split-complementary

#B59F33 #338AB5 #5E33B5

monochromatic

#564B18 #857526 #B59F33 #CFBB56 #DDCE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B59F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F33

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F33	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AF9B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb72',
    500: '#b59f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f33;
$custom-light: #cfbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F33

secondary

#7D8AC6

accent

#62DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F33

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

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