#C59B1B#C59B1B

#C59B1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.139 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B1B
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 27)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 86.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 4.52, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 65.40, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0046 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.139 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9474, 35.3946, 6.0279)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B1B #1B45C5

analogous

#C5461B #C59B1B #9AC51B

triadic

#C59B1B #1BC59B #9B1BC5

tetradic

#C59B1B #1BC546 #1B45C5 #C51B9A

square

#C59B1B #1BC546 #1B45C5 #C51B9A

split-complementary

#C59B1B #1B9AC5 #461BC5

monochromatic

#59460C #8F7114 #C59B1B #E4BA39 #EBCD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C59B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C59B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B1B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B1B	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.139 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb867',
    500: '#c59b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b1b;
$custom-light: #dcb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 75.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70907,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B1B

secondary

#6A84D1

accent

#64F235

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B1B

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

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