#B39D2C#B39D2C

#B39D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D2C
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -4.01, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 58.38, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0173 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1036, 33.8811, 7.2838)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D2C #2C42B3

analogous

#B3592C #B39D2C #85B32C

triadic

#B39D2C #2CB39D #9D2CB3

tetradic

#B39D2C #2CB359 #2C42B3 #B32C85

square

#B39D2C #2CB359 #2C42B3 #B32C85

split-complementary

#B39D2C #2C85B3 #592CB3

monochromatic

#514714 #827220 #B39D2C #D2BC4A #DFCE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B39D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B39D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D2C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D2C	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb96e',
    500: '#b39d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d2c;
$custom-light: #ceb96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69581,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D2C

secondary

#7482C7

accent

#5EE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D2C

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

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