#B29F23#B29F23

#B29F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29F23
RGB	rgb(178, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -5.88, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 61.87, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0233 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0632, 34.3841, 6.5904)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29F23 #2336B2

analogous

#B25823 #B29F23 #7EB223

triadic

#B29F23 #23B29F #9F23B2

tetradic

#B29F23 #23B258 #2336B2 #B2237E

square

#B29F23 #23B258 #2336B2 #B2237E

split-complementary

#B29F23 #237EB2 #5823B2

monochromatic

#4C440F #7F7119 #B29F23 #D8C33A #E2D36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B29F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B29F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29F23

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29F23	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb6a',
    500: '#b29f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29f23;
$custom-light: #cdbb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69859,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29F23

secondary

#6875C9

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29F23

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

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