#B29C23#B29C23

#B29C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.133 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29C23
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -4.28, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 61.02, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0188 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.133 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5535, 33.3649, 6.4205)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29C23 #2339B2

analogous

#B25523 #B29C23 #81B223

triadic

#B29C23 #23B29C #9C23B2

tetradic

#B29C23 #23B255 #2339B2 #B22381

square

#B29C23 #23B255 #2339B2 #B22381

split-complementary

#B29C23 #2381B2 #5523B2

monochromatic

#4C420F #7F6F19 #B29C23 #D8C03A #E2D06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B29C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B29C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29C23

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29C23	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.133 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb869',
    500: '#b29c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29c23;
$custom-light: #cdb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69216,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29C23

secondary

#6877C9

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29C23

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

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