#B39949#B39949

#B39949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.104 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39949
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -0.13, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 44.85, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0027 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.104 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1856, 32.8488, 10.9999)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39949 #4963B3

analogous

#B36449 #B39949 #98B349

triadic

#B39949 #49B399 #9949B3

tetradic

#B39949 #49B364 #4963B3 #B34998

square

#B39949 #49B364 #4963B3 #B34998

split-complementary

#B39949 #4998B3 #6449B3

monochromatic

#5C4F26 #887437 #B39949 #C6B273 #D8CA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B39949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B39949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39949

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39949	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.104 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb67e',
    500: '#b39949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39949;
$custom-light: #ccb67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69002,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39949

secondary

#939FC4

accent

#74D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39949

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

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