#B39738#B39738

#B39738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39738
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -0.17, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 51.94, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.005 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.117 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3724, 32.0042, 8.3183)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39738 #3854B3

analogous

#B35938 #B39738 #91B338

triadic

#B39738 #38B397 #9738B3

tetradic

#B39738 #38B359 #3854B3 #B33891

square

#B39738 #38B359 #3854B3 #B33891

split-complementary

#B39738 #3891B3 #5938B3

monochromatic

#56481B #847029 #B39738 #CCB35C #DBC88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B39738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#B39738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39738

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39738	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb574',
    500: '#b39738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39738;
$custom-light: #cdb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68404,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39738

secondary

#8291C5

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39738

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

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