#B39B50#B39B50

#B39B50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.099 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B50
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -0.66, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 42.11, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0034 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.099 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7610, 33.6071, 12.4017)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B50 #5068B3

analogous

#B36950 #B39B50 #99B350

triadic

#B39B50 #50B39B #9B50B3

tetradic

#B39B50 #50B369 #5068B3 #B35099

square

#B39B50 #50B369 #5068B3 #B35099

split-complementary

#B39B50 #5099B3 #6950B3

monochromatic

#5F5229 #8A773C #B39B50 #C6B37B #D8CCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B39B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B39B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B50

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B50	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.099 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb883',
    500: '#b39b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b50;
$custom-light: #ccb883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69509,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B50

secondary

#99A4C5

accent

#75CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B50

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

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