#B59D2B#B59D2B

#B59D2B 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	#B59D2B
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -3.17, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 58.93, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0151 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5507, 34.1138, 7.2078)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D2B #2B43B5

analogous

#B5582B #B59D2B #88B52B

triadic

#B59D2B #2BB59D #9D2BB5

tetradic

#B59D2B #2BB558 #2B43B5 #B52B88

square

#B59D2B #2BB558 #2B43B5 #B52B88

split-complementary

#B59D2B #2B88B5 #582BB5

monochromatic

#524714 #84721F #B59D2B #D4BC49 #E0CE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B59D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D2B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D2B	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb96d',
    500: '#b59d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d2b;
$custom-light: #cfb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6977,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D2B

secondary

#7483C8

accent

#5FE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D2B

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

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