#B39523#B39523

#B39523 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	#B39523
RGB	rgb(179, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -0.05, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 59.33, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0069 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.129 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6429, 31.2018, 6.0510)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39523 #2341B3

analogous

#B34D23 #B39523 #89B323

triadic

#B39523 #23B395 #9523B3

tetradic

#B39523 #23B34D #2341B3 #B32389

square

#B39523 #23B34D #2341B3 #B32389

split-complementary

#B39523 #2389B3 #4D23B3

monochromatic

#4D400F #806A19 #B39523 #D9B83B #E3CA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B39523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#B39523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39523

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39523	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)

#A69205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.129 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb368',
    500: '#b39523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39523;
$custom-light: #ceb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67832,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39523

secondary

#697DC9

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39523

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

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