#B39D3B#B39D3B

#B39D3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D3B
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -3.24, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 52.44, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0134 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.119 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4383, 34.0150, 9.0464)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D3B #3B51B3

analogous

#B3613B #B39D3B #8DB33B

triadic

#B39D3B #3BB39D #9D3BB3

tetradic

#B39D3B #3BB361 #3B51B3 #B33B8D

square

#B39D3B #3BB361 #3B51B3 #B33B8D

split-complementary

#B39D3B #3B8DB3 #613BB3

monochromatic

#574C1D #85752C #B39D3B #CBB760 #DACC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B39D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D3B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D3B	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)

#AC9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb976',
    500: '#b39d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d3b;
$custom-light: #cdb976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69699,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D3B

secondary

#8591C5

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D3B

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

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