#B39222#B39222

#B39222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.127 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39222
RGB	rgb(179, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 1.55, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 58.96, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0024 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.127 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1598, 30.2588, 5.8177)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39222 #2243B3

analogous

#B34A22 #B39222 #8CB322

triadic

#B39222 #22B392 #9222B3

tetradic

#B39222 #22B34A #2243B3 #B3228C

square

#B39222 #22B34A #2243B3 #B3228C

split-complementary

#B39222 #228CB3 #4A22B3

monochromatic

#4C3E0E #806818 #B39222 #D9B539 #E3C86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B39222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#B39222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39222

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39222	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)

#A39004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.127 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb168',
    500: '#b39222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39222;
$custom-light: #ceb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67199,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39222

secondary

#687EC9

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39222

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

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