#B29F42#B29F42

#B29F42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29F42
RGB	rgb(178, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -4.31, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 49.92, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0155 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7429, 34.6561, 10.1705)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29F42 #4255B2

analogous

#B26742 #B29F42 #8DB242

triadic

#B29F42 #42B29F #9F42B2

tetradic

#B29F42 #42B267 #4255B2 #B2428D

square

#B29F42 #42B267 #4255B2 #B2428D

split-complementary

#B29F42 #428DB2 #6742B2

monochromatic

#594F21 #857731 #B29F42 #C8B86A #D8CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B29F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B29F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29F42

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29F42	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb7a',
    500: '#b29f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29f42;
$custom-light: #ccbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70097,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29F42

secondary

#8C95C4

accent

#69D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29F42

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

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