#B29C38#B29C38

#B29C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29C38
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -3.32, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 53.30, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0139 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.12 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9638, 33.5290, 8.5814)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29C38 #384EB2

analogous

#B25F38 #B29C38 #8BB238

triadic

#B29C38 #38B29C #9C38B2

tetradic

#B29C38 #38B25F #384EB2 #B2388B

square

#B29C38 #38B25F #384EB2 #B2388B

split-complementary

#B29C38 #388BB2 #5F38B2

monochromatic

#554A1B #837329 #B29C38 #CCB75C #DACC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B29C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B29C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29C38

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29C38	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)

#AB992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb874',
    500: '#b29c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29c38;
$custom-light: #ccb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69362,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29C38

secondary

#818DC5

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29C38

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

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