#B29A23#B29A23

#B29A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.132 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29A23
RGB	rgb(178, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -3.20, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 60.48, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0158 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.132 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2207, 32.6992, 6.3096)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29A23 #233BB2

analogous

#B25323 #B29A23 #83B223

triadic

#B29A23 #23B29A #9A23B2

tetradic

#B29A23 #23B253 #233BB2 #B22383

square

#B29A23 #23B253 #233BB2 #B22383

split-complementary

#B29A23 #2383B2 #5323B2

monochromatic

#4C420F #7F6E19 #B29A23 #D8BE3A #E2CF6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B29A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B29A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29A23

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29A23	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.132 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb769',
    500: '#b29a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29a23;
$custom-light: #cdb769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29A23

secondary

#6878C9

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29A23

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

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