#B39931#B39931

#B39931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.123 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39931
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -1.63, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 55.36, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0099 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.123 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5376, 32.5896, 7.5871)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39931 #314BB3

analogous

#B35831 #B39931 #8CB331

triadic

#B39931 #31B399 #9931B3

tetradic

#B39931 #31B358 #314BB3 #B3318C

square

#B39931 #31B358 #314BB3 #B3318C

split-complementary

#B39931 #318CB3 #5831B3

monochromatic

#534717 #837024 #B39931 #D0B652 #DDCB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B39931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B39931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39931

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39931	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.123 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb670',
    500: '#b39931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39931;
$custom-light: #cdb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68767,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39931

secondary

#7A89C6

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39931

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

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