#B59E3A#B59E3A

#B59E3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59E3A
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -2.96, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 53.38, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0128 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.121 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0482, 34.5846, 8.9896)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59E3A #3A51B5

analogous

#B5603A #B59E3A #8FB53A

triadic

#B59E3A #3AB59E #9E3AB5

tetradic

#B59E3A #3AB560 #3A51B5 #B53A8F

square

#B59E3A #3AB560 #3A51B5 #B53A8F

split-complementary

#B59E3A #3A8FB5 #603AB5

monochromatic

#584D1C #87762B #B59E3A #CCB860 #DBCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B59E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B59E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59E3A

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59E3A	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba75',
    500: '#b59e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59e3a;
$custom-light: #cfba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70096,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59E3A

secondary

#8591C6

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59E3A

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

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