#B39D2A#B39D2A

#B39D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D2A
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -4.10, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 59.09, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0177 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0669, 33.8664, 7.0905)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D2A #2A40B3

analogous

#B3582A #B39D2A #84B32A

triadic

#B39D2A #2AB39D #9D2AB3

tetradic

#B39D2A #2AB358 #2A40B3 #B32A84

square

#B39D2A #2AB358 #2A40B3 #B32A84

split-complementary

#B39D2A #2A84B3 #582AB3

monochromatic

#504613 #81721E #B39D2A #D4BD46 #DFCF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B39D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B39D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D2A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D2A	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb96d',
    500: '#b39d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d2a;
$custom-light: #ceb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69568,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D2A

secondary

#727FC7

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D2A

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

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