#B59838#B59838

#B59838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59838
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 0.17, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 52.48, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0041 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.118 92)
XYZ	xyz(30.9997, 32.5675, 8.3940)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59838 #3855B5

analogous

#B55A38 #B59838 #94B538

triadic

#B59838 #38B598 #9838B5

tetradic

#B59838 #38B55A #3855B5 #B53894

square

#B59838 #38B55A #3855B5 #B53894

split-complementary

#B59838 #3894B5 #5A38B5

monochromatic

#584A1B #86712A #B59838 #CDB35D #DBC98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B59838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B59838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59838

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59838	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)

#A8962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb674',
    500: '#b59838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59838;
$custom-light: #cfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68815,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.32566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59838

secondary

#8392C6

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59838

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

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