#B39221#B39221

#B39221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.128 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39221
RGB	rgb(179, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 1.51, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 59.28, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0026 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.128 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1456, 30.2532, 5.7429)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39221 #2142B3

analogous

#B34921 #B39221 #8BB321

triadic

#B39221 #21B392 #9221B3

tetradic

#B39221 #21B349 #2142B3 #B3218B

square

#B39221 #21B349 #2142B3 #B3218B

split-complementary

#B39221 #218BB3 #4921B3

monochromatic

#4C3E0E #7F6817 #B39221 #DAB537 #E4C86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B39221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#B39221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39221

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39221	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.128 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb167',
    500: '#b39221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39221;
$custom-light: #ceb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67193,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39221

secondary

#667DCA

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39221

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

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