#B59636#B59636

#B59636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59636
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 1.14, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 52.79, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0015 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.118 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6299, 31.9046, 8.0342)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59636 #3655B5

analogous

#B55636 #B59636 #94B536

triadic

#B59636 #36B596 #9636B5

tetradic

#B59636 #36B556 #3655B5 #B53694

square

#B59636 #36B556 #3655B5 #B53694

split-complementary

#B59636 #3694B5 #5636B5

monochromatic

#57481A #866F28 #B59636 #CEB25A #DCC889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B59636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B59636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59636

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59636	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)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb472',
    500: '#b59636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59636;
$custom-light: #cfb472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6838,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59636

secondary

#8192C6

accent

#6EDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59636

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

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