#B39A42#B39A42

#B39A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39A42
RGB	rgb(179, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -1.18, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 48.41, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0066 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.111 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1308, 33.0899, 9.9004)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39A42 #425BB3

analogous

#B36242 #B39A42 #93B342

triadic

#B39A42 #42B39A #9A42B3

tetradic

#B39A42 #42B362 #425BB3 #B34293

square

#B39A42 #42B362 #425BB3 #B34293

split-complementary

#B39A42 #4293B3 #6242B3

monochromatic

#5A4D21 #867432 #B39A42 #C8B36A #D9CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B39A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B39A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39A42

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39A42	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb77a',
    500: '#b39a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39a42;
$custom-light: #cdb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69133,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39A42

secondary

#8C99C4

accent

#6FD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39A42

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

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