#B39636#B39636

#B39636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39636
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 0.26, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 52.51, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.004 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.118 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1642, 31.6645, 8.0124)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39636 #3653B3

analogous

#B35736 #B39636 #91B336

triadic

#B39636 #36B396 #9636B3

tetradic

#B39636 #36B357 #3653B3 #B33691

square

#B39636 #36B357 #3653B3 #B33691

split-complementary

#B39636 #3691B3 #5736B3

monochromatic

#55471A #846F28 #B39636 #CDB259 #DBC888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B39636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B39636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39636

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39636	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb472',
    500: '#b39636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39636;
$custom-light: #cdb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68176,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39636

secondary

#8090C5

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39636

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

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