#B39840#B39840

#B39840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.111 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39840
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -0.23, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 48.72, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0041 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.111 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7455, 32.4120, 9.4862)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39840 #405BB3

analogous

#B35E40 #B39840 #94B340

triadic

#B39840 #40B398 #9840B3

tetradic

#B39840 #40B35E #405BB3 #B34094

square

#B39840 #40B35E #405BB3 #B34094

split-complementary

#B39840 #4094B3 #5E40B3

monochromatic

#594B20 #867230 #B39840 #C9B267 #D9C994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B39840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#B39840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39840

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39840	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.111 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb679',
    500: '#b39840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39840;
$custom-light: #cdb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68691,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39840

secondary

#8A98C4

accent

#70D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39840

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

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