#B39837#B39837

#B39837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39837
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -0.77, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 52.64, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0068 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.118 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5098, 32.3177, 8.2446)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39837 #3752B3

analogous

#B35A37 #B39837 #90B337

triadic

#B39837 #37B398 #9837B3

tetradic

#B39837 #37B35A #3752B3 #B33790

square

#B39837 #37B35A #3752B3 #B33790

split-complementary

#B39837 #3790B3 #5A37B3

monochromatic

#55481A #847029 #B39837 #CDB45B #DBC98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B39837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B39837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39837

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39837	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)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb673',
    500: '#b39837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39837;
$custom-light: #cdb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68605,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39837

secondary

#8190C5

accent

#6BDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39837

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

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