#B29938#B29938

#B29938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.118 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29938
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -1.70, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 52.39, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0093 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.118 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4666, 32.5346, 8.4157)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29938 #3851B2

analogous

#B25C38 #B29938 #8EB238

triadic

#B29938 #38B299 #9938B2

tetradic

#B29938 #38B25C #3851B2 #B2388E

square

#B29938 #38B25C #3851B2 #B2388E

split-complementary

#B29938 #388EB2 #5C38B2

monochromatic

#55491B #837129 #B29938 #CCB55C #DACA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B29938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B29938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29938

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29938	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.118 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb674',
    500: '#b29938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29938;
$custom-light: #ccb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29938

secondary

#818FC5

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29938

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

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