#B39838#B39838

#B39838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39838
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -0.72, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 52.22, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0065 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.118 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5340, 32.3274, 8.3721)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39838 #3853B3

analogous

#B35A38 #B39838 #90B338

triadic

#B39838 #38B398 #9838B3

tetradic

#B39838 #38B35A #3853B3 #B33890

square

#B39838 #38B35A #3853B3 #B33890

split-complementary

#B39838 #3890B3 #5A38B3

monochromatic

#56491B #847029 #B39838 #CCB35C #DBC98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B39838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B39838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39838

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39838	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb674',
    500: '#b39838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39838;
$custom-light: #cdb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68614,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39838

secondary

#8291C5

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39838

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

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