#B19E2E#B19E2E
#B19E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B19E2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(177, 158, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 59%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 74%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 74%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.96, -5.35, 57.53) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.96, 57.77, 95.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.62% -0.0207 0.1269) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.62% 0.129 99.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.8530, 33.9996, 7.5217) |
| Luminance | 0.3400 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.56
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.89
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.91
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.03
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.21
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B19E2E #2E41B1
analogous
#B15C2E #B19E2E #82B12E
triadic
#B19E2E #2EB19E #9E2EB1
tetradic
#B19E2E #2EB15C #2E41B1 #B12E82
square
#B19E2E #2EB15C #2E41B1 #B12E82
split-complementary
#B19E2E #2E82B1 #5C2EB1
monochromatic
#504715 #807321 #B19E2E #D0BD4C #DDCF7C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.69
#B19E2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.80
#B19E2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B19E2E
7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B19E2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B19E2E | 1.00 | 2.69 | 7.80 | 7.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A1A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A135
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF9288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b19e2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 158, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 99.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccba6f',
500: '#b19e2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b19e2e; $custom-light: #ccba6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b19e2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 177,
"g": 158,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.298,
"s": 58.744,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69615,
"c": 0.12859,
"h": 99.3
},
"luminance": 0.33998
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B19E2E
secondary
#7581C6
accent
#5CE246
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141108
muted
#83807B