#B59839#B59839

#B59839 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59839
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 0.22, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 52.06, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0038 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.117 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0244, 32.5774, 8.5241)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59839 #3956B5

analogous

#B55A39 #B59839 #94B539

triadic

#B59839 #39B598 #9839B5

tetradic

#B59839 #39B55A #3956B5 #B53994

square

#B59839 #39B55A #3956B5 #B53994

split-complementary

#B59839 #3994B5 #5A39B5

monochromatic

#584A1C #86712A #B59839 #CDB35F #DBC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B59839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B59839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59839

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59839	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb674',
    500: '#b59839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59839;
$custom-light: #cfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68824,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59839

secondary

#8493C6

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59839

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

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