#B59229#B59229

#B59229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.124 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59229
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 77.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 2.71, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 56.88, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0015 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.124 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7370, 30.5436, 6.4266)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59229 #294CB5

analogous

#B54C29 #B59229 #92B529

triadic

#B59229 #29B592 #9229B5

tetradic

#B59229 #29B54C #294CB5 #B52992

square

#B59229 #29B54C #294CB5 #B52992

split-complementary

#B59229 #2992B5 #4C29B5

monochromatic

#514212 #836A1E #B59229 #D5B146 #E0C678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B59229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#B59229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59229

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59229	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)

#A39115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.124 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb16b',
    500: '#b59229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59229;
$custom-light: #cfb16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6745,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59229

secondary

#7287C8

accent

#6BE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59229

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

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