#B39940#B39940

#B39940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39940
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -0.77, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 49.02, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0057 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.112 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9085, 32.7380, 9.5405)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39940 #405AB3

analogous

#B36040 #B39940 #93B340

triadic

#B39940 #40B399 #9940B3

tetradic

#B39940 #40B360 #405AB3 #B34093

square

#B39940 #40B360 #405AB3 #B34093

split-complementary

#B39940 #4093B3 #6040B3

monochromatic

#594C20 #867230 #B39940 #C9B367 #D9C994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B39940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B39940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39940

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39940	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb679',
    500: '#b39940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39940;
$custom-light: #cdb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68901,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39940

secondary

#8A98C4

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39940

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

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