#B59F2F#B59F2F

#B59F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59F2F
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -4.06, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 58.05, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0172 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9689, 34.8269, 7.7271)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59F2F #2F45B5

analogous

#B55C2F #B59F2F #88B52F

triadic

#B59F2F #2FB59F #9F2FB5

tetradic

#B59F2F #2FB55C #2F45B5 #B52F88

square

#B59F2F #2FB55C #2F45B5 #B52F88

split-complementary

#B59F2F #2F88B5 #5C2FB5

monochromatic

#544A16 #847422 #B59F2F #D1BC50 #DECF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B59F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B59F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59F2F

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59F2F	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb6f',
    500: '#b59f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59f2f;
$custom-light: #cfbb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70222,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59F2F

secondary

#7986C7

accent

#5FE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F2F

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

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