#B39C40#B39C40

#B39C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39C40
RGB	rgb(179, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -2.39, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 49.94, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0103 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.114 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4057, 33.7324, 9.7063)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39C40 #4057B3

analogous

#B36240 #B39C40 #90B340

triadic

#B39C40 #40B39C #9C40B3

tetradic

#B39C40 #40B362 #4057B3 #B34090

square

#B39C40 #40B362 #4057B3 #B34090

split-complementary

#B39C40 #4090B3 #6240B3

monochromatic

#594D20 #867530 #B39C40 #C9B567 #D9CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B39C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B39C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39C40

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39C40	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb879',
    500: '#b39c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39c40;
$custom-light: #cdb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69535,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39C40

secondary

#8A96C4

accent

#6CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39C40

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

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