#B39522#B39522

#B39522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.129 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39522
RGB	rgb(179, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -0.09, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 59.65, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0071 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.129 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6283, 31.1959, 5.9739)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39522 #2240B3

analogous

#B34D22 #B39522 #89B322

triadic

#B39522 #22B395 #9522B3

tetradic

#B39522 #22B34D #2240B3 #B32289

square

#B39522 #22B34D #2240B3 #B32289

split-complementary

#B39522 #2289B3 #4D22B3

monochromatic

#4C3F0E #806A18 #B39522 #D9B839 #E3CB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B39522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#B39522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39522

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39522	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)

#A69202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.129 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb368',
    500: '#b39522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39522;
$custom-light: #ceb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67827,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39522

secondary

#687CC9

accent

#61EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39522

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

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