#B29B53#B29B53

#B29B53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29B53
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -0.83, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 40.51, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0034 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.096 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6440, 33.5337, 12.9878)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29B53 #536AB2

analogous

#B26B53 #B29B53 #99B253

triadic

#B29B53 #53B29B #9B53B2

tetradic

#B29B53 #53B26B #536AB2 #B25399

square

#B29B53 #53B26B #536AB2 #B25399

split-complementary

#B29B53 #5399B2 #6B53B2

monochromatic

#60532B #8A783E #B29B53 #C5B47D #D8CCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B29B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B29B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29B53

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29B53	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb885',
    500: '#b29b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29b53;
$custom-light: #cbb885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29B53

secondary

#9BA6C5

accent

#76CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29B53

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

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