#B39946#B39946

#B39946 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.107 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39946
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -0.36, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 46.26, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0037 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.107 92)
XYZ	xyz(31.0885, 32.8100, 10.4886)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39946 #4660B3

analogous

#B36346 #B39946 #97B346

triadic

#B39946 #46B399 #9946B3

tetradic

#B39946 #46B363 #4660B3 #B34697

square

#B39946 #46B363 #4660B3 #B34697

split-complementary

#B39946 #4697B3 #6346B3

monochromatic

#5B4E24 #877335 #B39946 #C7B26F #D8CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B39946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B39946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39946

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39946	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8973D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.107 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb67c',
    500: '#b39946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39946;
$custom-light: #cdb67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68966,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.32808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39946

secondary

#909DC4

accent

#73D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39946

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

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