#B29939#B29939

#B29939 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29939
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -1.64, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 51.97, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.009 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.117 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4913, 32.5445, 8.5458)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29939 #3952B2

analogous

#B25C39 #B29939 #8EB239

triadic

#B29939 #39B299 #9939B2

tetradic

#B29939 #39B25C #3952B2 #B2398E

square

#B29939 #39B25C #3952B2 #B2398E

split-complementary

#B29939 #398EB2 #5C39B2

monochromatic

#55491B #84712A #B29939 #CBB45D #DACA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B29939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B29939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29939

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29939	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)

#A9962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb674',
    500: '#b29939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29939;
$custom-light: #ccb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29939

secondary

#8290C4

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29939

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

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