#B39B40#B39B40

#B39B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B40
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -1.85, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 49.62, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0088 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.114 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2386, 33.3982, 9.6506)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B40 #4058B3

analogous

#B36140 #B39B40 #92B340

triadic

#B39B40 #40B39B #9B40B3

tetradic

#B39B40 #40B361 #4058B3 #B34092

square

#B39B40 #40B361 #4058B3 #B34092

split-complementary

#B39B40 #4092B3 #6140B3

monochromatic

#594D20 #867430 #B39B40 #C9B467 #D9CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B39B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B39B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B40

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B40	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb879',
    500: '#b39b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b40;
$custom-light: #cdb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69323,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B40

secondary

#8A96C4

accent

#6DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B40

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

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