#B39A38#B39A38

#B39A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39A38
RGB	rgb(179, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -1.80, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 52.80, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0096 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.119 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8613, 32.9821, 8.4812)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39A38 #3851B3

analogous

#B35C38 #B39A38 #8EB338

triadic

#B39A38 #38B39A #9A38B3

tetradic

#B39A38 #38B35C #3851B3 #B3388E

square

#B39A38 #38B35C #3851B3 #B3388E

split-complementary

#B39A38 #388EB3 #5C38B3

monochromatic

#564A1B #847229 #B39A38 #CCB55C #DBCA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B39A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B39A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39A38

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39A38	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb774',
    500: '#b39a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39a38;
$custom-light: #cdb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69036,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39A38

secondary

#828FC5

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39A38

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

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