#B29B38#B29B38

#B29B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.120 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29B38
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -2.78, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 52.99, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0123 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.12 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7967, 33.1948, 8.5257)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29B38 #384FB2

analogous

#B25E38 #B29B38 #8CB238

triadic

#B29B38 #38B29B #9B38B2

tetradic

#B29B38 #38B25E #384FB2 #B2388C

square

#B29B38 #38B25E #384FB2 #B2388C

split-complementary

#B29B38 #388CB2 #5E38B2

monochromatic

#554A1B #837229 #B29B38 #CCB65C #DACB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B29B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B29B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29B38

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29B38	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.120 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb874',
    500: '#b29b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29b38;
$custom-light: #ccb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69149,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29B38

secondary

#818EC5

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29B38

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

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