#B39023#B39023

#B39023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.126 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39023
RGB	rgb(179, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 2.68, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 58.21, 87.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0009 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.126 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8688, 29.6535, 5.7930)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39023 #2346B3

analogous

#B34823 #B39023 #8EB323

triadic

#B39023 #23B390 #9023B3

tetradic

#B39023 #23B348 #2346B3 #B3238E

square

#B39023 #23B348 #2346B3 #B3238E

split-complementary

#B39023 #238EB3 #4823B3

monochromatic

#4D3E0F #806719 #B39023 #D9B23B #E3C66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B39023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#B39023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B39023

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39023	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)

#A18E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.126 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb068',
    500: '#b39023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39023;
$custom-light: #ceb068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66788,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39023

secondary

#6980C9

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39023

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

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