#B29D38#B29D38

#B29D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D38
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -3.85, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 53.61, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0154 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1323, 33.8660, 8.6376)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D38 #384DB2

analogous

#B26038 #B29D38 #8AB238

triadic

#B29D38 #38B29D #9D38B2

tetradic

#B29D38 #38B260 #384DB2 #B2388A

square

#B29D38 #38B260 #384DB2 #B2388A

split-complementary

#B29D38 #388AB2 #6038B2

monochromatic

#554B1B #837429 #B29D38 #CCB85C #DACC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B29D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B29D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D38

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D38	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb974',
    500: '#b29d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d38;
$custom-light: #ccb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D38

secondary

#818DC5

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D38

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

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