#B19D38#B19D38

#B19D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19D38
RGB	rgb(177, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -4.30, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 53.52, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0166 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9037, 33.7481, 8.6268)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19D38 #384CB1

analogous

#B16138 #B19D38 #88B138

triadic

#B19D38 #38B19D #9D38B1

tetradic

#B19D38 #38B161 #384CB1 #B13888

square

#B19D38 #38B161 #384CB1 #B13888

split-complementary

#B19D38 #3888B1 #6138B1

monochromatic

#544B1B #837429 #B19D38 #CBB95B #DACD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B19D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B19D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19D38

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19D38	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb974',
    500: '#b19d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19d38;
$custom-light: #ccb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69479,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19D38

secondary

#818CC4

accent

#64DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19D38

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

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