#B59D2F#B59D2F

#B59D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D2F
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -2.99, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 57.47, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0141 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6277, 34.1446, 7.6134)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D2F #2F47B5

analogous

#B55A2F #B59D2F #8AB52F

triadic

#B59D2F #2FB59D #9D2FB5

tetradic

#B59D2F #2FB55A #2F47B5 #B52F8A

square

#B59D2F #2FB55A #2F47B5 #B52F8A

split-complementary

#B59D2F #2F8AB5 #5A2FB5

monochromatic

#544916 #847322 #B59D2F #D1BA50 #DECD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D2F

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D2F	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb96f',
    500: '#b59d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d2f;
$custom-light: #cfb96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69797,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D2F

secondary

#7987C7

accent

#62E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D2F

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

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