#B39B33#B39B33

#B39B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B33
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -2.61, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 55.14, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0125 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9108, 33.2670, 7.9244)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B33 #334BB3

analogous

#B35B33 #B39B33 #8BB333

triadic

#B39B33 #33B39B #9B33B3

tetradic

#B39B33 #33B35B #334BB3 #B3338B

square

#B39B33 #33B35B #334BB3 #B3338B

split-complementary

#B39B33 #338BB3 #5B33B3

monochromatic

#544918 #837225 #B39B33 #CEB855 #DCCC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B39B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B39B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B33

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B33	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AB9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb871',
    500: '#b39b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b33;
$custom-light: #cdb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69206,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B33

secondary

#7C8AC6

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B33

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

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