#B59224#B59224

#B59224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.127 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59224
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 80.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 2.52, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 58.61, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0004 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.127 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6552, 30.5109, 5.9960)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59224 #2447B5

analogous

#B54924 #B59224 #90B524

triadic

#B59224 #24B592 #9224B5

tetradic

#B59224 #24B549 #2447B5 #B52490

square

#B59224 #24B549 #2447B5 #B52490

split-complementary

#B59224 #2490B5 #4924B5

monochromatic

#4F4010 #82691A #B59224 #D9B33E #E3C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B59224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#B59224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59224

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59224	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4900A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.127 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b169',
    500: '#b59224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59224;
$custom-light: #d0b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67419,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59224

secondary

#6B82C9

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59224

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

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