#B39939#B39939

#B39939 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39939
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -1.20, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 52.08, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0078 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.118 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7217, 32.6632, 8.5566)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39939 #3953B3

analogous

#B35C39 #B39939 #90B339

triadic

#B39939 #39B399 #9939B3

tetradic

#B39939 #39B35C #3953B3 #B33990

square

#B39939 #39B35C #3953B3 #B33990

split-complementary

#B39939 #3990B3 #5C39B3

monochromatic

#564A1B #85712A #B39939 #CCB45E #DACA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B39939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B39939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39939

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39939	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)

#A9962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb674',
    500: '#b39939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39939;
$custom-light: #cdb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68834,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39939

secondary

#8391C5

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39939

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

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