#B39822#B39822

#B39822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.131 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39822
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -1.71, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 60.38, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0117 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.131 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1091, 32.1574, 6.1342)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39822 #223DB3

analogous

#B35022 #B39822 #85B322

triadic

#B39822 #22B398 #9822B3

tetradic

#B39822 #22B350 #223DB3 #B32285

square

#B39822 #22B350 #223DB3 #B32285

split-complementary

#B39822 #2285B3 #5022B3

monochromatic

#4C410E #806C18 #B39822 #D9BB39 #E3CD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B39822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#B39822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39822

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39822	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.131 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb568',
    500: '#b39822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39822;
$custom-light: #ceb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68459,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39822

secondary

#687AC9

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39822

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

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