#B29D31#B29D31

#B29D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D31
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -4.22, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 56.42, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0173 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9730, 33.8022, 7.7982)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D31 #3146B2

analogous

#B25D31 #B29D31 #86B231

triadic

#B29D31 #31B29D #9D31B2

tetradic

#B29D31 #31B25D #3146B2 #B23186

square

#B29D31 #31B25D #3146B2 #B23186

split-complementary

#B29D31 #3186B2 #5D31B2

monochromatic

#524817 #827324 #B29D31 #CFBB51 #DCCD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B29D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B29D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D31

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D31	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb970',
    500: '#b29d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d31;
$custom-light: #cdb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69519,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D31

secondary

#7986C5

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D31

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

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