#B29940#B29940

#B29940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29940
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -1.21, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 48.89, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0069 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.112 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6782, 32.6192, 9.5297)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29940 #4059B2

analogous

#B26040 #B29940 #92B240

triadic

#B29940 #40B299 #9940B2

tetradic

#B29940 #40B260 #4059B2 #B24092

square

#B29940 #40B260 #4059B2 #B24092

split-complementary

#B29940 #4092B2 #6040B2

monochromatic

#584C20 #857230 #B29940 #C8B367 #D8C994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B29940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B29940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29940

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29940	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb679',
    500: '#b29940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29940;
$custom-light: #ccb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.842,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68802,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29940

secondary

#8A97C4

accent

#6ED751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29940

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

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