#B29638#B29638

#B29638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29638
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -0.07, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 51.53, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0046 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.116 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9818, 31.5649, 8.2540)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29638 #3854B2

analogous

#B25938 #B29638 #91B238

triadic

#B29638 #38B296 #9638B2

tetradic

#B29638 #38B259 #3854B2 #B23891

square

#B29638 #38B259 #3854B2 #B23891

split-complementary

#B29638 #3891B2 #5938B2

monochromatic

#55481B #836F29 #B29638 #CCB25C #DAC88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B29638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B29638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29638

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29638	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb474',
    500: '#b29638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29638;
$custom-light: #ccb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68093,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29638

secondary

#8191C5

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29638

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

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