#B39D33#B39D33

#B39D33 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	#B39D33
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -3.68, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 55.73, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0156 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2464, 33.9383, 8.0362)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D33 #3349B3

analogous

#B35D33 #B39D33 #89B333

triadic

#B39D33 #33B39D #9D33B3

tetradic

#B39D33 #33B35D #3349B3 #B33389

square

#B39D33 #33B35D #3349B3 #B33389

split-complementary

#B39D33 #3389B3 #5D33B3

monochromatic

#544918 #837325 #B39D33 #CEBA55 #DCCD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B39D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B39D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D33

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D33	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)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb971',
    500: '#b39d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d33;
$custom-light: #cdb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69631,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D33

secondary

#7C89C6

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D33

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

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