#B29D23#B29D23

#B29D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.134 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D23
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -4.81, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 61.30, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0203 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.134 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7220, 33.7019, 6.4767)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D23 #2338B2

analogous

#B25623 #B29D23 #80B223

triadic

#B29D23 #23B29D #9D23B2

tetradic

#B29D23 #23B256 #2338B2 #B22380

square

#B29D23 #23B256 #2338B2 #B22380

split-complementary

#B29D23 #2380B2 #5623B2

monochromatic

#4C430F #7F7019 #B29D23 #D8C13A #E2D16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B29D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B29D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D23

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D23	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.134 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb969',
    500: '#b29d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d23;
$custom-light: #cdb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D23

secondary

#6876C9

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D23

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

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