#B29B52#B29B52

#B29B52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.097 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29B52
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -0.92, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 41.00, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0038 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.097 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6056, 33.5183, 12.7859)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29B52 #5269B2

analogous

#B26B52 #B29B52 #99B252

triadic

#B29B52 #52B29B #9B52B2

tetradic

#B29B52 #52B26B #5269B2 #B25299

square

#B29B52 #52B26B #5269B2 #B25299

split-complementary

#B29B52 #5299B2 #6B52B2

monochromatic

#5F532A #8A773D #B29B52 #C5B37C #D8CCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B29B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B29B52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29B52

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29B52	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.097 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb884',
    500: '#b29b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29b52;
$custom-light: #cbb884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69439,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29B52

secondary

#9BA5C5

accent

#75CE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29B52

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

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