#B59635#B59635

#B59635 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59635
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 1.09, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 53.20, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0018 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.119 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6067, 31.8953, 7.9118)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59635 #3554B5

analogous

#B55635 #B59635 #94B535

triadic

#B59635 #35B596 #9635B5

tetradic

#B59635 #35B556 #3554B5 #B53594

square

#B59635 #35B556 #3554B5 #B53594

split-complementary

#B59635 #3594B5 #5635B5

monochromatic

#564819 #866F27 #B59635 #CEB259 #DCC888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B59635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B59635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59635

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59635	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb472',
    500: '#b59635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59635;
$custom-light: #cfb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68371,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59635

secondary

#8091C6

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59635

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

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