#B59D2A#B59D2A

#B59D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D2A
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -3.21, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 59.28, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0153 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5326, 34.1066, 7.1124)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D2A #2A42B5

analogous

#B5572A #B59D2A #87B52A

triadic

#B59D2A #2AB59D #9D2AB5

tetradic

#B59D2A #2AB557 #2A42B5 #B52A87

square

#B59D2A #2AB557 #2A42B5 #B52A87

split-complementary

#B59D2A #2A87B5 #572AB5

monochromatic

#524713 #83721E #B59D2A #D4BC48 #E0CE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B59D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B59D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D2A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D2A	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb96d',
    500: '#b59d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d2a;
$custom-light: #cfb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69763,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D2A

secondary

#7382C8

accent

#5FE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D2A

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

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