#B39836#B39836

#B39836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39836
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -0.83, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 53.06, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0071 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.119 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4861, 32.3082, 8.1197)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39836 #3651B3

analogous

#B35936 #B39836 #8FB336

triadic

#B39836 #36B398 #9836B3

tetradic

#B39836 #36B359 #3651B3 #B3368F

square

#B39836 #36B359 #3651B3 #B3368F

split-complementary

#B39836 #368FB3 #5936B3

monochromatic

#55481A #847028 #B39836 #CDB459 #DBC988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B39836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B39836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39836

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39836	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb673',
    500: '#b39836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39836;
$custom-light: #cdb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39836

secondary

#808FC5

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39836

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

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