#B29B40#B29B40

#B29B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29B40
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -2.29, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 49.51, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.01 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.113 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0083, 33.2794, 9.6398)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29B40 #4057B2

analogous

#B26240 #B29B40 #90B240

triadic

#B29B40 #40B29B #9B40B2

tetradic

#B29B40 #40B262 #4057B2 #B24090

square

#B29B40 #40B262 #4057B2 #B24090

split-complementary

#B29B40 #4090B2 #6240B2

monochromatic

#584D20 #857430 #B29B40 #C8B567 #D8CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B29B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B29B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29B40

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29B40	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb879',
    500: '#b29b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29b40;
$custom-light: #ccb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69225,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29B40

secondary

#8A96C4

accent

#6CD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29B40

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

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