#B59B2A#B59B2A

#B59B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.129 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B2A
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -2.13, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 58.73, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0122 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.129 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1970, 33.4354, 7.0005)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B2A #2A44B5

analogous

#B5552A #B59B2A #89B52A

triadic

#B59B2A #2AB59B #9B2AB5

tetradic

#B59B2A #2AB555 #2A44B5 #B52A89

square

#B59B2A #2AB555 #2A44B5 #B52A89

split-complementary

#B59B2A #2A89B5 #552AB5

monochromatic

#524613 #83701E #B59B2A #D4BA48 #E0CD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B59B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B2A

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B2A	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.129 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86d',
    500: '#b59b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b2a;
$custom-light: #cfb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6934,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B2A

secondary

#7383C8

accent

#61E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B2A

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

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