#B39B31#B39B31

#B39B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B31
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -2.71, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 55.93, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.013 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(30.8677, 33.2498, 7.6971)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B31 #3149B3

analogous

#B35A31 #B39B31 #8AB331

triadic

#B39B31 #31B39B #9B31B3

tetradic

#B39B31 #31B35A #3149B3 #B3318A

square

#B39B31 #31B35A #3149B3 #B3318A

split-complementary

#B39B31 #318AB3 #5A31B3

monochromatic

#534817 #837124 #B39B31 #D0B852 #DDCC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B39B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B39B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B31

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B31	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb870',
    500: '#b39b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b31;
$custom-light: #cdb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69191,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.33248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B31

secondary

#7A88C6

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B31

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

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