#B39D32#B39D32

#B39D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D32
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -3.73, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 56.13, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0158 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2246, 33.9295, 7.9214)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D32 #3248B3

analogous

#B35C32 #B39D32 #89B332

triadic

#B39D32 #32B39D #9D32B3

tetradic

#B39D32 #32B35C #3248B3 #B33289

square

#B39D32 #32B35C #3248B3 #B33289

split-complementary

#B39D32 #3289B3 #5C32B3

monochromatic

#534917 #837325 #B39D32 #CFBA53 #DCCD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B39D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B39D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D32

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D32	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb971',
    500: '#b39d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d32;
$custom-light: #cdb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69623,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D32

secondary

#7B88C6

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D32

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

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