#B39A40#B39A40

#B39A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.113 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39A40
RGB	rgb(179, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -1.31, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 49.32, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0072 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.113 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0729, 33.0667, 9.5953)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39A40 #4059B3

analogous

#B36140 #B39A40 #92B340

triadic

#B39A40 #40B39A #9A40B3

tetradic

#B39A40 #40B361 #4059B3 #B34092

square

#B39A40 #40B361 #4059B3 #B34092

split-complementary

#B39A40 #4092B3 #6140B3

monochromatic

#594C20 #867330 #B39A40 #C9B467 #D9CA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B39A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B39A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39A40

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39A40	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.113 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb779',
    500: '#b39a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39a40;
$custom-light: #cdb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69112,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39A40

secondary

#8A97C4

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39A40

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

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