#B59E2C#B59E2C

#B59E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E2C
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -3.66, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 58.85, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0164 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7392, 34.4610, 7.3622)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E2C #2C43B5

analogous

#B55A2C #B59E2C #88B52C

triadic

#B59E2C #2CB59E #9E2CB5

tetradic

#B59E2C #2CB55A #2C43B5 #B52C88

square

#B59E2C #2CB55A #2C43B5 #B52C88

split-complementary

#B59E2C #2C88B5 #5A2CB5

monochromatic

#534814 #847320 #B59E2C #D3BC4B #DFCF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B59E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E2C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E2C	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)

#AE9A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba6e',
    500: '#b59e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e2c;
$custom-light: #cfba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E2C

secondary

#7583C8

accent

#5FE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E2C

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

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