#B39936#B39936

#B39936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39936
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -1.37, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 53.34, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0086 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.12 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6490, 32.6342, 8.1740)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39936 #3650B3

analogous

#B35A36 #B39936 #8EB336

triadic

#B39936 #36B399 #9936B3

tetradic

#B39936 #36B35A #3650B3 #B3368E

square

#B39936 #36B35A #3650B3 #B3368E

split-complementary

#B39936 #368EB3 #5A36B3

monochromatic

#55491A #847128 #B39936 #CDB559 #DBCA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B39936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B39936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39936

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39936	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb673',
    500: '#b39936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39936;
$custom-light: #cdb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68807,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39936

secondary

#808EC5

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39936

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

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