#B19C38#B19C38

#B19C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19C38
RGB	rgb(177, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -3.76, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 53.20, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0151 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7352, 33.4111, 8.5707)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19C38 #384DB1

analogous

#B16038 #B19C38 #89B138

triadic

#B19C38 #38B19C #9C38B1

tetradic

#B19C38 #38B160 #384DB1 #B13889

square

#B19C38 #38B160 #384DB1 #B13889

split-complementary

#B19C38 #3889B1 #6038B1

monochromatic

#544A1B #837329 #B19C38 #CBB85B #DACC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B19C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B19C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19C38

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19C38	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb874',
    500: '#b19c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19c38;
$custom-light: #ccb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69265,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19C38

secondary

#818CC4

accent

#65DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19C38

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

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