#B59736#B59736

#B59736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59736
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, 0.60, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 53.05, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0031 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.119 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7902, 32.2251, 8.0876)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59736 #3654B5

analogous

#B55736 #B59736 #93B536

triadic

#B59736 #36B597 #9736B5

tetradic

#B59736 #36B557 #3654B5 #B53693

square

#B59736 #36B557 #3654B5 #B53693

split-complementary

#B59736 #3693B5 #5736B5

monochromatic

#57481A #867028 #B59736 #CEB35A #DCC889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B59736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B59736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59736

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59736	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb573',
    500: '#b59736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59736;
$custom-light: #cfb573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68589,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59736

secondary

#8191C6

accent

#6DDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59736

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

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