#B59122#B59122

#B59122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.127 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59122
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 81.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 2.99, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 59.05, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0016 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.127 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4720, 30.1920, 5.7884)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59122 #2246B5

analogous

#B54722 #B59122 #90B522

triadic

#B59122 #22B591 #9122B5

tetradic

#B59122 #22B547 #2246B5 #B52290

square

#B59122 #22B547 #2246B5 #B52290

split-complementary

#B59122 #2290B5 #4722B5

monochromatic

#4E3E0F #816818 #B59122 #DAB33A #E4C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B59122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#B59122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59122

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59122	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.127 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b068',
    500: '#b59122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59122;
$custom-light: #d0b068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67201,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59122

secondary

#6981CA

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59122

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

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