#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
RGBrgb(181, 146, 36)
HSLhsl(46, 67%, 43%)
HSVhsv(46, 80%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.3%, 80.1%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(62.09, 2.52, 58.55)
CIE-LCHlch(62.09, 58.61, 87.54°)
OKLaboklab(67.42% 0.0004 0.1269)
OKLCHoklch(67.42% 0.127 89.8)
XYZxyz(29.6552, 30.5109, 5.9960)
Luminance0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B592241.002.967.107.10
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1021.001.001.00
##0000007.1021.001.001.00

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

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#B59224 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva