#B59637#B59637

#B59637 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59637
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 1.20, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 52.37, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0012 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.118 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6536, 31.9141, 8.1592)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59637 #3756B5

analogous

#B55737 #B59637 #95B537

triadic

#B59637 #37B596 #9637B5

tetradic

#B59637 #37B557 #3756B5 #B53795

square

#B59637 #37B557 #3756B5 #B53795

split-complementary

#B59637 #3795B5 #5737B5

monochromatic

#57481A #866F29 #B59637 #CDB15C #DCC88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B59637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B59637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59637

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59637	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb473',
    500: '#b59637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59637;
$custom-light: #cfb473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68389,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59637

secondary

#8293C6

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59637

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

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