#B39021#B39021

#B39021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.127 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39021
RGB	rgb(179, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, 2.61, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 58.85, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0005 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.127 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8400, 29.6419, 5.6410)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39021 #2144B3

analogous

#B34721 #B39021 #8DB321

triadic

#B39021 #21B390 #9021B3

tetradic

#B39021 #21B347 #2144B3 #B3218D

square

#B39021 #21B347 #2144B3 #B3218D

split-complementary

#B39021 #218DB3 #4721B3

monochromatic

#4C3D0E #7F6617 #B39021 #DAB337 #E4C76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B39021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#B39021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B39021

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39021	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)

#A28E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.127 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb067',
    500: '#b39021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39021;
$custom-light: #ceb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66777,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39021

secondary

#667ECA

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39021

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

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