#B39933#B39933

#B39933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.122 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39933
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -1.53, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 54.56, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0094 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.122 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5808, 32.6069, 7.8143)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39933 #334DB3

analogous

#B35933 #B39933 #8DB333

triadic

#B39933 #33B399 #9933B3

tetradic

#B39933 #33B359 #334DB3 #B3338D

square

#B39933 #33B359 #334DB3 #B3338D

split-complementary

#B39933 #338DB3 #5933B3

monochromatic

#544818 #837025 #B39933 #CEB655 #DCCA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B39933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B39933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39933

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39933	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.122 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb671',
    500: '#b39933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39933;
$custom-light: #cdb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68783,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39933

secondary

#7C8BC6

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39933

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

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