#B39A37#B39A37

#B39A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39A37
RGB	rgb(179, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -1.85, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 53.22, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0099 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.12 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8371, 32.9724, 8.3537)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39A37 #3750B3

analogous

#B35C37 #B39A37 #8EB337

triadic

#B39A37 #37B39A #9A37B3

tetradic

#B39A37 #37B35C #3750B3 #B3378E

square

#B39A37 #37B35C #3750B3 #B3378E

split-complementary

#B39A37 #378EB3 #5C37B3

monochromatic

#55491A #847229 #B39A37 #CDB65B #DBCA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B39A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B39A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39A37

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39A37	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb773',
    500: '#b39a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39a37;
$custom-light: #cdb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69027,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39A37

secondary

#818FC5

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39A37

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

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