#B39937#B39937

#B39937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39937
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -1.31, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 52.93, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0083 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.119 94)
XYZ	xyz(30.6728, 32.6437, 8.2989)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39937 #3751B3

analogous

#B35B37 #B39937 #8FB337

triadic

#B39937 #37B399 #9937B3

tetradic

#B39937 #37B35B #3751B3 #B3378F

square

#B39937 #37B35B #3751B3 #B3378F

split-complementary

#B39937 #378FB3 #5B37B3

monochromatic

#55491A #847129 #B39937 #CDB55B #DBCA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B39937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B39937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39937

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39937	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)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb673',
    500: '#b39937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39937;
$custom-light: #cdb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68816,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.32642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39937

secondary

#818FC5

accent

#6ADC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39937

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

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