#B39D37#B39D37

#B39D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D37
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -3.47, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 54.12, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0145 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.122 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3385, 33.9751, 8.5208)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D37 #374DB3

analogous

#B35F37 #B39D37 #8BB337

triadic

#B39D37 #37B39D #9D37B3

tetradic

#B39D37 #37B35F #374DB3 #B3378B

square

#B39D37 #37B35F #374DB3 #B3378B

split-complementary

#B39D37 #378BB3 #5F37B3

monochromatic

#554B1A #847429 #B39D37 #CDB85B #DBCC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B39D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D37

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D37	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)

#AD9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb974',
    500: '#b39d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d37;
$custom-light: #cdb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69664,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D37

secondary

#818DC5

accent

#65DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D37

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

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