#B39740#B39740

#B39740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39740
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 0.32, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 48.43, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0025 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.111 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5839, 32.0888, 9.4323)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39740 #405CB3

analogous

#B35D40 #B39740 #96B340

triadic

#B39740 #40B397 #9740B3

tetradic

#B39740 #40B35D #405CB3 #B34096

square

#B39740 #40B35D #405CB3 #B34096

split-complementary

#B39740 #4096B3 #5D40B3

monochromatic

#594B20 #867130 #B39740 #C9B167 #D9C894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B39740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B39740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39740

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39740	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb578',
    500: '#b39740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39740;
$custom-light: #cdb578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68481,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39740

secondary

#8A99C4

accent

#72D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39740

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

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