#B19940#B19940

#B19940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.112 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B19940
RGBrgb(177, 153, 64)
HSLhsl(47, 47%, 47%)
HSVhsv(47, 64%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(63.76, -1.65, 48.74)
CIE-LCHlch(63.76, 48.77, 91.94°)
OKLaboklab(68.7% -0.0081 0.1114)
OKLCHoklch(68.7% 0.112 94.1)
XYZxyz(30.4495, 32.5013, 9.5190)
Luminance0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B19940 #4058B1
analogous
#B16140 #B19940 #90B140
triadic
#B19940 #40B199 #9940B1
tetradic
#B19940 #40B161 #4058B1 #B14090
square
#B19940 #40B161 #4058B1 #B14090
split-complementary
#B19940 #4090B1 #6140B1
monochromatic
#574B1F #847230 #B19940 #C8B366 #D8C993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#B19940 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50
#B19940 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19940
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B19940#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B199401.002.807.507.50
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5021.001.001.00
##0000007.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89636
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9E44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF8E86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b19940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.112 94.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb679',
    500: '#b19940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b19940;
$custom-light: #cbb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b19940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68704,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B19940
secondary
#8996C3
accent
#6ED751
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141109
muted
#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19940

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#B19940 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva