#B39B42#B39B42

#B39B42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B42
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -1.72, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 48.72, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0081 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.112 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2965, 33.4213, 9.9557)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B42 #425AB3

analogous

#B36342 #B39B42 #92B342

triadic

#B39B42 #42B39B #9B42B3

tetradic

#B39B42 #42B363 #425AB3 #B34292

square

#B39B42 #42B363 #425AB3 #B34292

split-complementary

#B39B42 #4292B3 #6342B3

monochromatic

#5A4E21 #867432 #B39B42 #C8B46A #D9CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B39B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B39B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B42

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B42	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb87a',
    500: '#b39b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b42;
$custom-light: #cdb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69344,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B42

secondary

#8C98C4

accent

#6ED652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B42

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

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