#B39520#B39520

#B39520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.130 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39520
RGB	rgb(179, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -0.15, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 60.26, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0075 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6003, 31.1847, 5.8264)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39520 #203EB3

analogous

#B34C20 #B39520 #88B320

triadic

#B39520 #20B395 #9520B3

tetradic

#B39520 #20B34C #203EB3 #B32088

square

#B39520 #20B34C #203EB3 #B32088

split-complementary

#B39520 #2088B3 #4C20B3

monochromatic

#4B3F0D #7F6A17 #B39520 #DBB935 #E4CB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B39520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#B39520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39520

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39520	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb367',
    500: '#b39520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39520;
$custom-light: #ceb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67816,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39520

secondary

#657ACA

accent

#5FEC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39520

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

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