#B39D3E#B39D3E

#B39D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D3E
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -3.06, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 51.14, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0125 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5183, 34.0470, 9.4681)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D3E #3E54B3

analogous

#B3633E #B39D3E #8FB33E

triadic

#B39D3E #3EB39D #9D3EB3

tetradic

#B39D3E #3EB363 #3E54B3 #B33E8F

square

#B39D3E #3EB363 #3E54B3 #B33E8F

split-complementary

#B39D3E #3E8FB3 #633EB3

monochromatic

#584D1F #86752E #B39D3E #CAB765 #D9CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B39D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D3E

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D3E	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb978',
    500: '#b39d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d3e;
$custom-light: #cdb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69727,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D3E

secondary

#8894C5

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D3E

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

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