#B59A2C#B59A2C

#B59A2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A2C
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -1.51, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 57.75, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0103 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.127 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0680, 33.1186, 7.1385)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A2C #2C47B5

analogous

#B5562C #B59A2C #8CB52C

triadic

#B59A2C #2CB59A #9A2CB5

tetradic

#B59A2C #2CB556 #2C47B5 #B52C8C

square

#B59A2C #2CB556 #2C47B5 #B52C8C

split-complementary

#B59A2C #2C8CB5 #562CB5

monochromatic

#534614 #847020 #B59A2C #D3B84B #DFCC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B59A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A2C

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A2C	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#AB9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb76d',
    500: '#b59a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a2c;
$custom-light: #cfb76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69142,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A2C

secondary

#7585C8

accent

#63E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A2C

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

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