#B59C2A#B59C2A

#B59C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C2A
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -2.67, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 59.00, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0138 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.13 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3641, 33.7696, 7.0562)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C2A #2A43B5

analogous

#B5562A #B59C2A #88B52A

triadic

#B59C2A #2AB59C #9C2AB5

tetradic

#B59C2A #2AB556 #2A43B5 #B52A88

square

#B59C2A #2AB556 #2A43B5 #B52A88

split-complementary

#B59C2A #2A88B5 #562AB5

monochromatic

#524613 #83711E #B59C2A #D4BB48 #E0CE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B59C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C2A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C2A	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86d',
    500: '#b59c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c2a;
$custom-light: #cfb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69551,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C2A

secondary

#7382C8

accent

#60E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C2A

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

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