#B59D2C#B59D2C

#B59D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D2C
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -3.12, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 58.57, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0148 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5693, 34.1212, 7.3056)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D2C #2C44B5

analogous

#B5592C #B59D2C #89B52C

triadic

#B59D2C #2CB59D #9D2CB5

tetradic

#B59D2C #2CB559 #2C44B5 #B52C89

square

#B59D2C #2CB559 #2C44B5 #B52C89

split-complementary

#B59D2C #2C89B5 #592CB5

monochromatic

#534814 #847220 #B59D2C #D3BB4B #DFCE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B59D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D2C

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D2C	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)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb96e',
    500: '#b59d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d2c;
$custom-light: #cfb96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69776,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D2C

secondary

#7584C8

accent

#60E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D2C

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

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