#B59F2C#B59F2C

#B59F2C 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	#B59F2C
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -4.19, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 59.14, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0179 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9104, 34.8035, 7.4193)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F2C #2C42B5

analogous

#B55B2C #B59F2C #87B52C

triadic

#B59F2C #2CB59F #9F2CB5

tetradic

#B59F2C #2CB55B #2C42B5 #B52C87

square

#B59F2C #2CB55B #2C42B5 #B52C87

split-complementary

#B59F2C #2C87B5 #5B2CB5

monochromatic

#534914 #847420 #B59F2C #D3BD4B #DFCF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B59F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F2C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F2C	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)

#AF9B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb6e',
    500: '#b59f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f2c;
$custom-light: #cfbb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70201,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F2C

secondary

#7582C8

accent

#5EE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F2C

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

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