#B29438#B29438

#B29438 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29438
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 1.01, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 50.99, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0015 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.115 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6654, 30.9320, 8.1486)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29438 #3856B2

analogous

#B25738 #B29438 #93B238

triadic

#B29438 #38B294 #9438B2

tetradic

#B29438 #38B257 #3856B2 #B23893

square

#B29438 #38B257 #3856B2 #B23893

split-complementary

#B29438 #3893B2 #5738B2

monochromatic

#55471B #836D29 #B29438 #CCB05C #DAC78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B29438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#B29438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29438

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29438	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb373',
    500: '#b29438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29438;
$custom-light: #cdb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67674,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29438

secondary

#8192C5

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29438

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

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