#B59A2E#B59A2E

#B59A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A2E
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -1.42, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 57.01, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0098 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.126 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1065, 33.1340, 7.3413)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A2E #2E49B5

analogous

#B5572E #B59A2E #8DB52E

triadic

#B59A2E #2EB59A #9A2EB5

tetradic

#B59A2E #2EB557 #2E49B5 #B52E8D

square

#B59A2E #2EB557 #2E49B5 #B52E8D

split-complementary

#B59A2E #2E8DB5 #572EB5

monochromatic

#534715 #847022 #B59A2E #D2B84E #DECB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B59A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A2E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A2E	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb76e',
    500: '#b59a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a2e;
$custom-light: #cfb76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69156,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A2E

secondary

#7888C7

accent

#65E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A2E

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

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