#B59F2B#B59F2B

#B59F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F2B
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -4.24, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 59.49, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0181 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8919, 34.7961, 7.3215)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F2B #2B41B5

analogous

#B55A2B #B59F2B #86B52B

triadic

#B59F2B #2BB59F #9F2BB5

tetradic

#B59F2B #2BB55A #2B41B5 #B52B86

square

#B59F2B #2BB55A #2B41B5 #B52B86

split-complementary

#B59F2B #2B86B5 #5A2BB5

monochromatic

#524814 #84741F #B59F2B #D4BE49 #E0D07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B59F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F2B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F2B	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)

#AF9B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb6d',
    500: '#b59f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f2b;
$custom-light: #cfbb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F2B

secondary

#7481C8

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F2B

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

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