#B39D31#B39D31

#B39D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D31
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -3.78, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 56.51, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0161 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2033, 33.9210, 7.8090)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D31 #3147B3

analogous

#B35C31 #B39D31 #88B331

triadic

#B39D31 #31B39D #9D31B3

tetradic

#B39D31 #31B35C #3147B3 #B33188

square

#B39D31 #31B35C #3147B3 #B33188

split-complementary

#B39D31 #3188B3 #5C31B3

monochromatic

#534917 #837324 #B39D31 #D0BA52 #DDCD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B39D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B39D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D31

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb970',
    500: '#b39d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d31;
$custom-light: #cdb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69616,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D31

secondary

#7A87C6

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D31

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

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