#B29A42#B29A42

#B29A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.111 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29A42
RGB	rgb(178, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -1.62, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 48.29, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0078 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.111 94)
XYZ	xyz(30.9005, 32.9711, 9.8896)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29A42 #425AB2

analogous

#B26242 #B29A42 #92B242

triadic

#B29A42 #42B29A #9A42B2

tetradic

#B29A42 #42B262 #425AB2 #B24292

square

#B29A42 #42B262 #425AB2 #B24292

split-complementary

#B29A42 #4292B2 #6242B2

monochromatic

#594D21 #857331 #B29A42 #C8B36A #D8CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B29A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B29A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29A42

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29A42	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.111 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb77a',
    500: '#b29a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29a42;
$custom-light: #ccb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69034,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.3297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29A42

secondary

#8C98C4

accent

#6ED652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29A42

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

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