#B39227#B39227

#B39227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39227
RGB	rgb(179, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 1.73, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 57.29, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0014 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2372, 30.2898, 6.2256)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39227 #2748B3

analogous

#B34C27 #B39227 #8EB327

triadic

#B39227 #27B392 #9227B3

tetradic

#B39227 #27B34C #2748B3 #B3278E

square

#B39227 #27B34C #2748B3 #B3278E

split-complementary

#B39227 #278EB3 #4C27B3

monochromatic

#4E4011 #81691C #B39227 #D6B341 #E1C774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B39227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#B39227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39227

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39227	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb16a',
    500: '#b39227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39227;
$custom-light: #ceb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67228,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39227

secondary

#6E83C8

accent

#68E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39227

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

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