#B59C2C#B59C2C

#B59C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C2C
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -2.59, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 58.29, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0133 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.129 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4008, 33.7843, 7.2494)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C2C #2C45B5

analogous

#B5582C #B59C2C #8AB52C

triadic

#B59C2C #2CB59C #9C2CB5

tetradic

#B59C2C #2CB558 #2C45B5 #B52C8A

square

#B59C2C #2CB558 #2C45B5 #B52C8A

split-complementary

#B59C2C #2C8AB5 #582CB5

monochromatic

#534714 #847220 #B59C2C #D3BA4B #DFCD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B59C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C2C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C2C	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86e',
    500: '#b59c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c2c;
$custom-light: #cfb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69564,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C2C

secondary

#7584C8

accent

#61E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C2C

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

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