#B59B2B#B59B2B

#B59B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B2B
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -2.09, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 58.38, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.012 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2151, 33.4426, 7.0959)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B2B #2B45B5

analogous

#B5562B #B59B2B #8AB52B

triadic

#B59B2B #2BB59B #9B2BB5

tetradic

#B59B2B #2BB556 #2B45B5 #B52B8A

square

#B59B2B #2BB556 #2B45B5 #B52B8A

split-complementary

#B59B2B #2B8AB5 #562BB5

monochromatic

#524614 #84711F #B59B2B #D4BA49 #E0CD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B59B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B2B

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B2B	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)

#AC9816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86d',
    500: '#b59b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b2b;
$custom-light: #cfb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69346,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B2B

secondary

#7484C8

accent

#62E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B2B

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

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