#B59E2B#B59E2B

#B59E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E2B
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -3.70, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 59.21, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0166 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.131 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7206, 34.4536, 7.2644)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E2B #2B42B5

analogous

#B5592B #B59E2B #87B52B

triadic

#B59E2B #2BB59E #9E2BB5

tetradic

#B59E2B #2BB559 #2B42B5 #B52B87

square

#B59E2B #2BB559 #2B42B5 #B52B87

split-complementary

#B59E2B #2B87B5 #592BB5

monochromatic

#524814 #84731F #B59E2B #D4BD49 #E0CF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E2B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E2B	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)

#AE9A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba6d',
    500: '#b59e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e2b;
$custom-light: #cfba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E2B

secondary

#7482C8

accent

#5EE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E2B

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

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