#B39D36#B39D36

#B39D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D36
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -3.52, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 54.53, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0148 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.123 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3147, 33.9656, 8.3959)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D36 #364CB3

analogous

#B35E36 #B39D36 #8AB336

triadic

#B39D36 #36B39D #9D36B3

tetradic

#B39D36 #36B35E #364CB3 #B3368A

square

#B39D36 #36B35E #364CB3 #B3368A

split-complementary

#B39D36 #368AB3 #5E36B3

monochromatic

#554B1A #847428 #B39D36 #CDB959 #DBCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B39D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D36

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D36	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AD9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb973',
    500: '#b39d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d36;
$custom-light: #cdb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69655,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D36

secondary

#808CC5

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D36

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

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