#B59C2F#B59C2F

#B59C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59C2F
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -2.45, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 57.19, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0126 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.127 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4592, 33.8076, 7.5573)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59C2F #2F48B5

analogous

#B5592F #B59C2F #8BB52F

triadic

#B59C2F #2FB59C #9C2FB5

tetradic

#B59C2F #2FB559 #2F48B5 #B52F8B

square

#B59C2F #2FB559 #2F48B5 #B52F8B

split-complementary

#B59C2F #2F8BB5 #592FB5

monochromatic

#544816 #847222 #B59C2F #D1B950 #DECD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B59C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B59C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59C2F

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59C2F	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)

#AC991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb86f',
    500: '#b59c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59c2f;
$custom-light: #cfb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69585,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59C2F

secondary

#7987C7

accent

#63E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59C2F

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

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