#B39B53#B39B53

#B39B53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39B53
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -0.40, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 40.64, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0023 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.096 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8743, 33.6524, 12.9986)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39B53 #536BB3

analogous

#B36B53 #B39B53 #9BB353

triadic

#B39B53 #53B39B #9B53B3

tetradic

#B39B53 #53B36B #536BB3 #B3539B

square

#B39B53 #53B36B #536BB3 #B3539B

split-complementary

#B39B53 #539BB3 #6B53B3

monochromatic

#61532B #8B783E #B39B53 #C6B47D #D9CCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B39B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B39B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39B53

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39B53	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)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb885',
    500: '#b39b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39b53;
$custom-light: #ccb885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6955,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39B53

secondary

#9CA6C6

accent

#77CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39B53

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

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