#B39828#B39828

#B39828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.128 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39828
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -1.49, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 58.41, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0105 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.128 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2033, 32.1951, 6.6305)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39828 #2843B3

analogous

#B35228 #B39828 #89B328

triadic

#B39828 #28B398 #9828B3

tetradic

#B39828 #28B352 #2843B3 #B32889

square

#B39828 #28B352 #2843B3 #B32889

split-complementary

#B39828 #2889B3 #5228B3

monochromatic

#4F4312 #816E1D #B39828 #D5B943 #E0CB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B39828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B39828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39828

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39828	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.128 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb56b',
    500: '#b39828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39828;
$custom-light: #ceb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68494,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39828

secondary

#6F80C8

accent

#61E641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39828

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

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