#B59C2B#B59C2B

#B59C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C2B
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -2.63, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 58.65, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0135 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.129 96)
XYZ	xyz(31.3822, 33.7768, 7.1516)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C2B #2B44B5

analogous

#B5572B #B59C2B #89B52B

triadic

#B59C2B #2BB59C #9C2BB5

tetradic

#B59C2B #2BB557 #2B44B5 #B52B89

square

#B59C2B #2BB557 #2B44B5 #B52B89

split-complementary

#B59C2B #2B89B5 #572BB5

monochromatic

#524714 #84711F #B59C2B #D4BB49 #E0CD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B59C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C2B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86d',
    500: '#b59c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c2b;
$custom-light: #cfb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69558,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.33775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C2B

secondary

#7483C8

accent

#60E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C2B

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

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