#B59F2E#B59F2E

#B59F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.130 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F2E
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -4.11, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 58.42, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0174 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.13 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9489, 34.8189, 7.6221)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F2E #2E44B5

analogous

#B55C2E #B59F2E #88B52E

triadic

#B59F2E #2EB59F #9F2EB5

tetradic

#B59F2E #2EB55C #2E44B5 #B52E88

square

#B59F2E #2EB55C #2E44B5 #B52E88

split-complementary

#B59F2E #2E88B5 #5C2EB5

monochromatic

#534915 #847422 #B59F2E #D2BD4E #DECF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B59F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F2E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F2E	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)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.130 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb6f',
    500: '#b59f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f2e;
$custom-light: #cfbb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70215,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F2E

secondary

#7885C7

accent

#5FE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F2E

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

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