#B59F3A#B59F3A
#B59F3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B59F3A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(181, 159, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 51%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 68%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.69, -3.49, 53.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.69, 53.69, 93.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.31% -0.0143 0.1206) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.31% 0.121 96.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.2194, 34.9271, 9.0467) |
| Luminance | 0.3493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.20
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.91
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.02
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.37
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.47
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B59F3A #3A50B5
analogous
#B5623A #B59F3A #8EB53A
triadic
#B59F3A #3AB59F #9F3AB5
tetradic
#B59F3A #3AB562 #3A50B5 #B53A8E
square
#B59F3A #3AB562 #3A50B5 #B53A8E
split-complementary
#B59F3A #3A8EB5 #623AB5
monochromatic
#584E1C #87762B #B59F3A #CCB960 #DBCD8E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#B59F3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#B59F3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B59F3A
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B59F3A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B59F3A | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.99 | 7.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9B2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A33F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3938A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b59f3a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 96.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cebb76',
500: '#b59f3a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b59f3a; $custom-light: #cebb76; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b59f3a",
"rgb": {
"r": 181,
"g": 159,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.268,
"s": 51.464,
"l": 46.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70309,
"c": 0.12144,
"h": 96.8
},
"luminance": 0.34926
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B59F3A
secondary
#8591C6
accent
#66DB4D
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141109
muted
#83807B