#B39B38#B39B38

#B39B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B38
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -2.34, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 53.10, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0111 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.12 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0271, 33.3135, 8.5365)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B38 #3850B3

analogous

#B35D38 #B39B38 #8DB338

triadic

#B39B38 #38B39B #9B38B3

tetradic

#B39B38 #38B35D #3850B3 #B3388D

square

#B39B38 #38B35D #3850B3 #B3388D

split-complementary

#B39B38 #388DB3 #5D38B3

monochromatic

#564A1B #847329 #B39B38 #CCB65C #DBCB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B39B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B39B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B38

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B38	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb874',
    500: '#b39b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b38;
$custom-light: #cdb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69248,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B38

secondary

#828FC5

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B38

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

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