#B29C40#B29C40

#B29C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29C40
RGB	rgb(178, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -2.83, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 49.83, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0115 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.114 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1754, 33.6136, 9.6955)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29C40 #4056B2

analogous

#B26340 #B29C40 #8FB240

triadic

#B29C40 #40B29C #9C40B2

tetradic

#B29C40 #40B263 #4056B2 #B2408F

square

#B29C40 #40B263 #4056B2 #B2408F

split-complementary

#B29C40 #408FB2 #6340B2

monochromatic

#584D20 #857530 #B29C40 #C8B667 #D8CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B29C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B29C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29C40

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29C40	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb879',
    500: '#b29c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29c40;
$custom-light: #ccb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69437,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29C40

secondary

#8A95C4

accent

#6BD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29C40

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

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