#B29D36#B29D36

#B29D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D36
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -3.97, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 54.44, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.016 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0844, 33.8468, 8.3851)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D36 #364BB2

analogous

#B25F36 #B29D36 #89B236

triadic

#B29D36 #36B29D #9D36B2

tetradic

#B29D36 #36B25F #364BB2 #B23689

square

#B29D36 #36B25F #364BB2 #B23689

split-complementary

#B29D36 #3689B2 #5F36B2

monochromatic

#544A1A #837428 #B29D36 #CDB959 #DBCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B29D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B29D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D36

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D36	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb973',
    500: '#b29d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d36;
$custom-light: #ccb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69558,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D36

secondary

#7F8BC5

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D36

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

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