#B39938#B39938

#B39938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39938
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -1.26, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 52.51, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0081 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.118 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6970, 32.6534, 8.4265)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39938 #3852B3

analogous

#B35B38 #B39938 #8FB338

triadic

#B39938 #38B399 #9938B3

tetradic

#B39938 #38B35B #3852B3 #B3388F

square

#B39938 #38B35B #3852B3 #B3388F

split-complementary

#B39938 #388FB3 #5B38B3

monochromatic

#56491B #847129 #B39938 #CCB45C #DBCA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B39938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B39938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39938

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39938	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)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb674',
    500: '#b39938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39938;
$custom-light: #cdb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68825,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39938

secondary

#8290C5

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39938

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

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