#B29231#B29231

#B29231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.119 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29231
RGB	rgb(178, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 1.73, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 53.38, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0003 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.119 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1950, 30.2463, 7.2055)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29231 #3151B2

analogous

#B25131 #B29231 #92B231

triadic

#B29231 #31B292 #9231B2

tetradic

#B29231 #31B251 #3151B2 #B23192

square

#B29231 #31B251 #3151B2 #B23192

split-complementary

#B29231 #3192B2 #5131B2

monochromatic

#524317 #826B24 #B29231 #CFB051 #DCC681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B29231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#B29231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29231

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29231	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb16f',
    500: '#b29231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29231;
$custom-light: #cdb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67196,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29231

secondary

#798CC5

accent

#6EE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29231

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

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