#B39D38#B39D38

#B39D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.121 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D38
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -3.41, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 53.71, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0142 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.121 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3627, 33.9847, 8.6484)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D38 #384EB3

analogous

#B35F38 #B39D38 #8BB338

triadic

#B39D38 #38B39D #9D38B3

tetradic

#B39D38 #38B35F #384EB3 #B3388B

square

#B39D38 #38B35F #384EB3 #B3388B

split-complementary

#B39D38 #388BB3 #5F38B3

monochromatic

#564B1B #847429 #B39D38 #CCB85C #DBCC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B39D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D38

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D38	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.121 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb974',
    500: '#b39d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d38;
$custom-light: #cdb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D38

secondary

#828EC5

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D38

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

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