#B39B52#B39B52

#B39B52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.097 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B52
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 54.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -0.49, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 41.13, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0026 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.097 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8360, 33.6371, 12.7967)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B52 #526AB3

analogous

#B36A52 #B39B52 #9AB352

triadic

#B39B52 #52B39B #9B52B3

tetradic

#B39B52 #52B36A #526AB3 #B3529A

square

#B39B52 #52B36A #526AB3 #B3529A

split-complementary

#B39B52 #529AB3 #6A52B3

monochromatic

#60532A #8B783D #B39B52 #C6B47D #D8CCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B39B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B39B52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B52

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B52	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.097 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb884',
    500: '#b39b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b52;
$custom-light: #ccb884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B52

secondary

#9BA6C6

accent

#76CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B52

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

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