#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
RGBrgb(181, 159, 58)
HSLhsl(49, 51%, 47%)
HSVhsv(49, 68%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(65.69, -3.49, 53.58)
CIE-LCHlch(65.69, 53.69, 93.73°)
OKLaboklab(70.31% -0.0143 0.1206)
OKLCHoklch(70.31% 0.121 96.8)
XYZxyz(32.2194, 34.9271, 9.0467)
Luminance0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##B59F3A1.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59F3A

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#B59F3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva