#B59E2F#B59E2F

#B59E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E2F
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -3.53, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 57.76, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0157 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(31.7976, 34.4844, 7.6701)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E2F #2F46B5

analogous

#B55B2F #B59E2F #89B52F

triadic

#B59E2F #2FB59E #9E2FB5

tetradic

#B59E2F #2FB55B #2F46B5 #B52F89

square

#B59E2F #2FB55B #2F46B5 #B52F89

split-complementary

#B59E2F #2F89B5 #5B2FB5

monochromatic

#544916 #847422 #B59E2F #D1BB50 #DECE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B59E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B59E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E2F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E2F	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba6f',
    500: '#b59e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e2f;
$custom-light: #cfba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70009,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.34483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E2F

secondary

#7986C7

accent

#61E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E2F

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

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