#B29D40#B29D40

#B29D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D40
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -3.37, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 50.15, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0131 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.115 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3439, 33.9506, 9.7516)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D40 #4055B2

analogous

#B26440 #B29D40 #8EB240

triadic

#B29D40 #40B29D #9D40B2

tetradic

#B29D40 #40B264 #4055B2 #B2408E

square

#B29D40 #40B264 #4055B2 #B2408E

split-complementary

#B29D40 #408EB2 #6440B2

monochromatic

#584E20 #857530 #B29D40 #C8B667 #D8CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B29D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B29D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D40

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D40	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb979',
    500: '#b29d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d40;
$custom-light: #ccb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6965,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D40

secondary

#8A95C4

accent

#6AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D40

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

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