#B39D2B#B39D2B

#B39D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D2B
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -4.06, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 58.73, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0175 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.13 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0850, 33.8737, 7.1860)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D2B #2B41B3

analogous

#B3592B #B39D2B #85B32B

triadic

#B39D2B #2BB39D #9D2BB3

tetradic

#B39D2B #2BB359 #2B41B3 #B32B85

square

#B39D2B #2BB359 #2B41B3 #B32B85

split-complementary

#B39D2B #2B85B3 #592BB3

monochromatic

#504613 #82721F #B39D2B #D3BD48 #DFCF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B39D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B39D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D2B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb96d',
    500: '#b39d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d2b;
$custom-light: #ceb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69574,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D2B

secondary

#7380C7

accent

#5DE443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D2B

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

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