#B29B31#B29B31

#B29B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.124 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29B31
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -3.15, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 55.82, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0142 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.124 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6374, 33.1310, 7.6863)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29B31 #3148B2

analogous

#B25A31 #B29B31 #89B231

triadic

#B29B31 #31B29B #9B31B2

tetradic

#B29B31 #31B25A #3148B2 #B23189

square

#B29B31 #31B25A #3148B2 #B23189

split-complementary

#B29B31 #3189B2 #5A31B2

monochromatic

#524717 #827124 #B29B31 #CFB951 #DCCC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B29B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B29B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29B31

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29B31	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb870',
    500: '#b29b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29b31;
$custom-light: #cdb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69092,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29B31

secondary

#7987C5

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29B31

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

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