#B59639#B59639

#B59639 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.116 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59639
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, 1.31, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 51.52, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0007 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.116 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7025, 31.9337, 8.4168)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59639 #3958B5

analogous

#B55839 #B59639 #96B539

triadic

#B59639 #39B596 #9639B5

tetradic

#B59639 #39B558 #3958B5 #B53996

square

#B59639 #39B558 #3958B5 #B53996

split-complementary

#B59639 #3996B5 #5839B5

monochromatic

#58491C #866F2A #B59639 #CDB15F #DBC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B59639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#B59639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59639

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59639	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.116 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb474',
    500: '#b59639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59639;
$custom-light: #cfb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68407,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59639

secondary

#8494C6

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59639

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

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