#B29D42#B29D42

#B29D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29D42
RGB	rgb(178, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -3.23, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 49.26, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0124 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.113 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4018, 33.9738, 10.0568)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29D42 #4257B2

analogous

#B26542 #B29D42 #8FB242

triadic

#B29D42 #42B29D #9D42B2

tetradic

#B29D42 #42B265 #4257B2 #B2428F

square

#B29D42 #42B265 #4257B2 #B2428F

split-complementary

#B29D42 #428FB2 #6542B2

monochromatic

#594E21 #857631 #B29D42 #C8B66A #D8CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B29D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B29D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29D42

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29D42	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb97a',
    500: '#b29d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29d42;
$custom-light: #ccb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6967,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29D42

secondary

#8C96C4

accent

#6BD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29D42

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

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