#B19938#B19938

#B19938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19938
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -2.14, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 52.28, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0105 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.118 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2380, 32.4167, 8.4049)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19938 #3850B1

analogous

#B15C38 #B19938 #8CB138

triadic

#B19938 #38B199 #9938B1

tetradic

#B19938 #38B15C #3850B1 #B1388C

square

#B19938 #38B15C #3850B1 #B1388C

split-complementary

#B19938 #388CB1 #5C38B1

monochromatic

#54491B #837129 #B19938 #CBB55B #DACA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B19938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#B19938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19938

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19938	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb674',
    500: '#b19938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19938;
$custom-light: #ccb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68627,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19938

secondary

#818EC4

accent

#69DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19938

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

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