#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
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -1.65, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 48.77, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0081 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.112 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4495, 32.5013, 9.5190)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B19940	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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