#B29942#B29942

#B29942 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29942
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -1.07, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 47.98, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0062 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.11 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7361, 32.6424, 9.8349)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29942 #425BB2

analogous

#B26142 #B29942 #93B242

triadic

#B29942 #42B299 #9942B2

tetradic

#B29942 #42B261 #425BB2 #B24293

square

#B29942 #42B261 #425BB2 #B24293

split-complementary

#B29942 #4293B2 #6142B2

monochromatic

#594C21 #857331 #B29942 #C8B36A #D8C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B29942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B29942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29942

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29942	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb67a',
    500: '#b29942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29942;
$custom-light: #ccb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68823,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29942

secondary

#8C98C4

accent

#70D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29942

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

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