#B59638#B59638

#B59638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59638
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 1.25, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 51.95, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.001 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.117 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6778, 31.9238, 8.2867)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59638 #3857B5

analogous

#B55838 #B59638 #96B538

triadic

#B59638 #38B596 #9638B5

tetradic

#B59638 #38B558 #3857B5 #B53896

square

#B59638 #38B558 #3857B5 #B53896

split-complementary

#B59638 #3896B5 #5838B5

monochromatic

#58491B #866F2A #B59638 #CDB15D #DBC88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B59638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B59638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59638

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59638	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb474',
    500: '#b59638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59638;
$custom-light: #cfb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68398,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59638

secondary

#8394C6

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59638

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

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