#B59A2A#B59A2A

#B59A2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A2A
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -1.59, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 58.46, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0107 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0313, 33.1039, 6.9453)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A2A #2A45B5

analogous

#B5542A #B59A2A #8AB52A

triadic

#B59A2A #2AB59A #9A2AB5

tetradic

#B59A2A #2AB554 #2A45B5 #B52A8A

square

#B59A2A #2AB554 #2A45B5 #B52A8A

split-complementary

#B59A2A #2A8AB5 #542AB5

monochromatic

#524513 #83701E #B59A2A #D4B948 #E0CC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B59A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B59A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A2A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A2A	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb76c',
    500: '#b59a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a2a;
$custom-light: #cfb76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69129,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A2A

secondary

#7383C8

accent

#62E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A2A

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

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