Brown Yellow#B29705

#B29705 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.139 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Brown Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B29705
RGB	rgb(178, 151, 5)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 97%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 97.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -2.24, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 66.15, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0149 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.139 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4559, 31.6109, 4.6936)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29705 #0520B2

analogous

#B24005 #B29705 #76B205

triadic

#B29705 #05B297 #9705B2

tetradic

#B29705 #05B240 #0520B2 #B20576

square

#B29705 #05B240 #0520B2 #B20576

split-complementary

#B29705 #0576B2 #4005B2

monochromatic

#3B3202 #766503 #B29705 #EEC907 #F9DB38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B29705 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B29705 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29705

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29705	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29705	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29705;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 151, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.139 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb55f',
    500: '#b29705',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29705;
$custom-light: #ceb55f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29705",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.636,
    "s": 94.536,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68051,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29705

secondary

#3C54D7

accent

#4AFF29

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151105

muted

#838079

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29705

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

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