#B39638#B39638

#B39638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.116 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39638
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, 0.37, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 51.67, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0034 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.116 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2121, 31.6837, 8.2648)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39638 #3855B3

analogous

#B35938 #B39638 #92B338

triadic

#B39638 #38B396 #9638B3

tetradic

#B39638 #38B359 #3855B3 #B33892

square

#B39638 #38B359 #3855B3 #B33892

split-complementary

#B39638 #3892B3 #5938B3

monochromatic

#56481B #846F29 #B39638 #CCB25C #DBC88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B39638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B39638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39638

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39638	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.116 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb474',
    500: '#b39638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39638;
$custom-light: #cdb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68194,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39638

secondary

#8292C5

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39638

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

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