#B29D37#B29D37

#B29D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D37
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -3.91, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 54.02, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0157 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1081, 33.8563, 8.5100)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D37 #374CB2

analogous

#B25F37 #B29D37 #89B237

triadic

#B29D37 #37B29D #9D37B2

tetradic

#B29D37 #37B25F #374CB2 #B23789

square

#B29D37 #37B25F #374CB2 #B23789

split-complementary

#B29D37 #3789B2 #5F37B2

monochromatic

#544B1A #837429 #B29D37 #CCB95A #DBCD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B29D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B29D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D37

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb974',
    500: '#b29d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d37;
$custom-light: #ccb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69567,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D37

secondary

#808CC5

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D37

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

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