#B29937#B29937

#B29937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29937
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -1.76, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 52.81, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0095 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.119 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4424, 32.5249, 8.2881)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29937 #3750B2

analogous

#B25B37 #B29937 #8DB237

triadic

#B29937 #37B299 #9937B2

tetradic

#B29937 #37B25B #3750B2 #B2378D

square

#B29937 #37B25B #3750B2 #B2378D

split-complementary

#B29937 #378DB2 #5B37B2

monochromatic

#54491A #837129 #B29937 #CCB55A #DBCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B29937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B29937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29937

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29937	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb673',
    500: '#b29937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29937;
$custom-light: #ccb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68717,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29937

secondary

#808EC5

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29937

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

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