#B39742#B39742

#B39742 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.109 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39742
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 0.45, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 47.52, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0019 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.109 91)
XYZ	xyz(30.6418, 32.1119, 9.7374)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39742 #425EB3

analogous

#B35F42 #B39742 #96B342

triadic

#B39742 #42B397 #9742B3

tetradic

#B39742 #42B35F #425EB3 #B34296

square

#B39742 #42B35F #425EB3 #B34296

split-complementary

#B39742 #4296B3 #5F42B3

monochromatic

#5A4C21 #867132 #B39742 #C8B16A #D9C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B39742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B39742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39742

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39742	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)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.109 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb57a',
    500: '#b39742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39742;
$custom-light: #cdb57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68503,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.3211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39742

secondary

#8C9AC4

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39742

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

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