#B39537#B39537

#B39537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39537
RGB	rgb(179, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 0.86, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 51.82, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0021 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.116 91)
XYZ	xyz(30.0290, 31.3562, 8.0844)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39537 #3755B3

analogous

#B35737 #B39537 #93B337

triadic

#B39537 #37B395 #9537B3

tetradic

#B39537 #37B357 #3755B3 #B33793

square

#B39537 #37B357 #3755B3 #B33793

split-complementary

#B39537 #3793B3 #5737B3

monochromatic

#55471A #846E29 #B39537 #CDB15B #DBC78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B39537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B39537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39537

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39537	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb373',
    500: '#b39537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39537;
$custom-light: #cdb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67976,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.31354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39537

secondary

#8191C5

accent

#6EDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39537

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

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