#B59B2F#B59B2F

#B59B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59B2F
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -1.91, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 56.91, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0111 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.126 95)
XYZ	xyz(31.2921, 33.4734, 7.5016)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59B2F #2F49B5

analogous

#B5582F #B59B2F #8CB52F

triadic

#B59B2F #2FB59B #9B2FB5

tetradic

#B59B2F #2FB558 #2F49B5 #B52F8C

square

#B59B2F #2FB558 #2F49B5 #B52F8C

split-complementary

#B59B2F #2F8CB5 #582FB5

monochromatic

#544816 #847122 #B59B2F #D1B850 #DECC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B59B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59B2F

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59B2F	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)

#AB981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86f',
    500: '#b59b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59b2f;
$custom-light: #cfb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69374,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.33472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59B2F

secondary

#7988C7

accent

#64E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59B2F

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

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