#B59B2C#B59B2C

#B59B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.128 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B2C
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -2.05, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 58.02, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0118 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.128 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2337, 33.4500, 7.1937)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B2C #2C46B5

analogous

#B5572C #B59B2C #8BB52C

triadic

#B59B2C #2CB59B #9B2CB5

tetradic

#B59B2C #2CB557 #2C46B5 #B52C8B

square

#B59B2C #2CB557 #2C46B5 #B52C8B

split-complementary

#B59B2C #2C8BB5 #572CB5

monochromatic

#534714 #847120 #B59B2C #D3B94B #DFCC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B59B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B2C

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B2C	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)

#AC9818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.128 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86e',
    500: '#b59b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b2c;
$custom-light: #cfb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69353,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B2C

secondary

#7585C8

accent

#62E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B2C

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

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