#B19B38#B19B38

#B19B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19B38
RGB	rgb(177, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -3.22, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 52.89, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0136 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.119 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5681, 33.0769, 8.5150)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19B38 #384EB1

analogous

#B15E38 #B19B38 #8AB138

triadic

#B19B38 #38B19B #9B38B1

tetradic

#B19B38 #38B15E #384EB1 #B1388A

square

#B19B38 #38B15E #384EB1 #B1388A

split-complementary

#B19B38 #388AB1 #5E38B1

monochromatic

#544A1B #837229 #B19B38 #CBB75B #DACB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B19B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B19B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19B38

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19B38	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb874',
    500: '#b19b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19b38;
$custom-light: #ccb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69052,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19B38

secondary

#818DC4

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19B38

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

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