#B29B23#B29B23

#B29B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29B23
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -3.74, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 60.75, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0173 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3864, 33.0307, 6.3648)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29B23 #233AB2

analogous

#B25423 #B29B23 #82B223

triadic

#B29B23 #23B29B #9B23B2

tetradic

#B29B23 #23B254 #233AB2 #B22382

square

#B29B23 #23B254 #233AB2 #B22382

split-complementary

#B29B23 #2382B2 #5423B2

monochromatic

#4C420F #7F6E19 #B29B23 #D8BF3A #E2CF6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B29B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B29B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29B23

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29B23	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb869',
    500: '#b29b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29b23;
$custom-light: #cdb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69002,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29B23

secondary

#6878C9

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29B23

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

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