#B39B51#B39B51

#B39B51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.098 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B51
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -0.58, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 41.62, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.003 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.098 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7982, 33.6220, 12.5978)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B51 #5169B3

analogous

#B36A51 #B39B51 #9AB351

triadic

#B39B51 #51B39B #9B51B3

tetradic

#B39B51 #51B36A #5169B3 #B3519A

square

#B39B51 #51B36A #5169B3 #B3519A

split-complementary

#B39B51 #519AB3 #6A51B3

monochromatic

#60532A #8A773C #B39B51 #C6B37C #D8CCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B39B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B39B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B51

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B51	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)

#A9994A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.098 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb884',
    500: '#b39b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b51;
$custom-light: #ccb884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B51

secondary

#9AA5C6

accent

#76CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B51

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

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