#B59A2F#B59A2F

#B59A2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59A2F
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -1.37, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 56.63, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0095 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.125 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1264, 33.1419, 7.4463)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59A2F #2F4AB5

analogous

#B5572F #B59A2F #8DB52F

triadic

#B59A2F #2FB59A #9A2FB5

tetradic

#B59A2F #2FB557 #2F4AB5 #B52F8D

square

#B59A2F #2FB557 #2F4AB5 #B52F8D

split-complementary

#B59A2F #2F8DB5 #572FB5

monochromatic

#544716 #847122 #B59A2F #D1B750 #DECB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B59A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59A2F

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59A2F	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)

#AB971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb76f',
    500: '#b59a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59a2f;
$custom-light: #cfb76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69163,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59A2F

secondary

#7989C7

accent

#65E246

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59A2F

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

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