#B19E42#B19E42

#B19E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19E42
RGB	rgb(177, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -4.21, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 49.49, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0152 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.114 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3430, 34.1956, 10.1027)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19E42 #4255B1

analogous

#B16742 #B19E42 #8CB142

triadic

#B19E42 #42B19E #9E42B1

tetradic

#B19E42 #42B167 #4255B1 #B1428C

square

#B19E42 #42B167 #4255B1 #B1428C

split-complementary

#B19E42 #428CB1 #6742B1

monochromatic

#584E21 #847631 #B19E42 #C7B769 #D8CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B19E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B19E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19E42

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19E42	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba7a',
    500: '#b19e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19e42;
$custom-light: #cbba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69788,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19E42

secondary

#8B95C3

accent

#69D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19E42

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

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