#B59E2A#B59E2A

#B59E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E2A
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -3.74, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 59.56, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0168 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7025, 34.4463, 7.1690)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E2A #2A41B5

analogous

#B5582A #B59E2A #86B52A

triadic

#B59E2A #2AB59E #9E2AB5

tetradic

#B59E2A #2AB558 #2A41B5 #B52A86

square

#B59E2A #2AB558 #2A41B5 #B52A86

split-complementary

#B59E2A #2A86B5 #582AB5

monochromatic

#524713 #83731E #B59E2A #D4BD48 #E0CF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E2A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E2A	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba6d',
    500: '#b59e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e2a;
$custom-light: #cfba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69976,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E2A

secondary

#7381C8

accent

#5DE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E2A

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

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