#B59837#B59837

#B59837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59837
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 0.11, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 52.90, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0044 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.119 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9755, 32.5578, 8.2664)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59837 #3754B5

analogous

#B55937 #B59837 #93B537

triadic

#B59837 #37B598 #9837B5

tetradic

#B59837 #37B559 #3754B5 #B53793

square

#B59837 #37B559 #3754B5 #B53793

split-complementary

#B59837 #3793B5 #5937B5

monochromatic

#57491A #867129 #B59837 #CDB35C #DCC98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B59837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B59837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59837

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59837	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)

#A8962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb673',
    500: '#b59837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59837;
$custom-light: #cfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68806,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59837

secondary

#8292C6

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59837

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

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