#B29D32#B29D32

#B29D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D32
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -4.18, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 56.03, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.017 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9943, 33.8108, 7.9106)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D32 #3247B2

analogous

#B25D32 #B29D32 #87B232

triadic

#B29D32 #32B29D #9D32B2

tetradic

#B29D32 #32B25D #3247B2 #B23287

square

#B29D32 #32B25D #3247B2 #B23287

split-complementary

#B29D32 #3287B2 #5D32B2

monochromatic

#524917 #827325 #B29D32 #CFBA53 #DCCD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B29D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B29D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D32

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D32	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)

#AD9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb971',
    500: '#b29d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d32;
$custom-light: #cdb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69526,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D32

secondary

#7B87C5

accent

#61DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D32

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

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