#B39229#B39229

#B39229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.124 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39229
RGB	rgb(179, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 1.81, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 56.58, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.001 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.124 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2712, 30.3034, 6.4048)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39229 #294AB3

analogous

#B34D29 #B39229 #8FB329

triadic

#B39229 #29B392 #9229B3

tetradic

#B39229 #29B34D #294AB3 #B3298F

square

#B39229 #29B34D #294AB3 #B3298F

split-complementary

#B39229 #298FB3 #4D29B3

monochromatic

#4F4112 #81691E #B39229 #D4B245 #E0C777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B39229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#B39229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39229

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39229	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A39015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.124 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb16b',
    500: '#b39229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39229;
$custom-light: #ceb16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67241,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39229

secondary

#7085C7

accent

#69E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39229

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

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