#B39C53#B39C53

#B39C53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.097 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39C53
RGB	rgb(179, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -0.95, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 40.96, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0038 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.097 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0414, 33.9867, 13.0543)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39C53 #536AB3

analogous

#B36C53 #B39C53 #9AB353

triadic

#B39C53 #53B39C #9C53B3

tetradic

#B39C53 #53B36C #536AB3 #B3539A

square

#B39C53 #53B36C #536AB3 #B3539A

split-complementary

#B39C53 #539AB3 #6C53B3

monochromatic

#61542B #8B793E #B39C53 #C6B47D #D9CDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B39C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39C53

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39C53	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.097 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb985',
    500: '#b39c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39c53;
$custom-light: #ccb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6976,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39C53

secondary

#9CA6C6

accent

#75CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39C53

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

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