#B39C56#B39C56

#B39C56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.094 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39C56
RGB	rgb(179, 156, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -0.68, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 39.48, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0027 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.094 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1598, 34.0340, 13.6775)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39C56 #566DB3

analogous

#B36E56 #B39C56 #9CB356

triadic

#B39C56 #56B39C #9C56B3

tetradic

#B39C56 #56B36E #566DB3 #B3569C

square

#B39C56 #56B36E #566DB3 #B3569C

split-complementary

#B39C56 #569CB3 #6E56B3

monochromatic

#62552C #8D793F #B39C56 #C6B580 #D9CDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B39C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39C56

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39C56	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 156, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.094 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb987',
    500: '#b39c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39c56;
$custom-light: #ccb987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69802,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39C56

secondary

#9EA8C7

accent

#77CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39C56

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

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