#B39020#B39020

#B39020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.127 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39020
RGB	rgb(179, 144, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, 2.57, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 59.16, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0003 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.127 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8262, 29.6364, 5.5683)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39020 #2043B3

analogous

#B34720 #B39020 #8DB320

triadic

#B39020 #20B390 #9020B3

tetradic

#B39020 #20B347 #2043B3 #B3208D

square

#B39020 #20B347 #2043B3 #B3208D

split-complementary

#B39020 #208DB3 #4720B3

monochromatic

#4B3C0D #7F6617 #B39020 #DBB335 #E4C769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B39020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#B39020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B39020

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39020	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 144, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.127 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb066',
    500: '#b39020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39020;
$custom-light: #ceb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66772,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39020

secondary

#657DCA

accent

#66EC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39020

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

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