#B59836#B59836

#B59836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59836
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 0.06, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 53.32, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0046 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.119 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9518, 32.5483, 8.1415)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59836 #3653B5

analogous

#B55836 #B59836 #92B536

triadic

#B59836 #36B598 #9836B5

tetradic

#B59836 #36B558 #3653B5 #B53692

square

#B59836 #36B558 #3653B5 #B53692

split-complementary

#B59836 #3692B5 #5836B5

monochromatic

#57491A #867028 #B59836 #CEB35A #DCC989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B59836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B59836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59836

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59836	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb673',
    500: '#b59836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59836;
$custom-light: #cfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59836

secondary

#8191C6

accent

#6CDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59836

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

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