#B59228#B59228

#B59228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.125 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59228
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 77.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 2.67, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 57.24, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0012 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.125 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7197, 30.5367, 6.3359)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59228 #284BB5

analogous

#B54B28 #B59228 #91B528

triadic

#B59228 #28B592 #9228B5

tetradic

#B59228 #28B54B #284BB5 #B52891

square

#B59228 #28B54B #284BB5 #B52891

split-complementary

#B59228 #2891B5 #4B28B5

monochromatic

#514112 #836A1D #B59228 #D6B244 #E1C677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B59228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#B59228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59228

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59228	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.125 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b16b',
    500: '#b59228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59228;
$custom-light: #d0b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67443,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59228

secondary

#7086C8

accent

#6AE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59228

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

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