#B59F2A#B59F2A
#B59F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B59F2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 159, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 62%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 77%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 76.8%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.58, -4.28, 59.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.58, 59.84, 94.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.19% -0.0183 0.1306) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.19% 0.132 98) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.8737, 34.7889, 7.2261) |
| Luminance | 0.3479 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.07
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.25
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.35
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.80
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.82
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B59F2A #2A40B5
analogous
#B5592A #B59F2A #85B52A
triadic
#B59F2A #2AB59F #9F2AB5
tetradic
#B59F2A #2AB559 #2A40B5 #B52A85
square
#B59F2A #2AB559 #2A40B5 #B52A85
split-complementary
#B59F2A #2A85B5 #592AB5
monochromatic
#524813 #83731E #B59F2A #D4BE48 #E0D079
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#B59F2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.96
#B59F2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B59F2A
7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B59F2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B59F2A | 1.00 | 2.64 | 7.96 | 7.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9B12
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A232
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C49389
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b59f2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.132 98.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfbb6d',
500: '#b59f2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b59f2a; $custom-light: #cfbb6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b59f2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 159,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.504,
"s": 62.332,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70189,
"c": 0.13183,
"h": 98
},
"luminance": 0.34787
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B59F2A
secondary
#7380C8
accent
#5CE542
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#83807A