#B39D40#B39D40

#B39D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D40
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -2.93, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 50.26, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0119 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5742, 34.0694, 9.7624)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D40 #4056B3

analogous

#B36440 #B39D40 #8FB340

triadic

#B39D40 #40B39D #9D40B3

tetradic

#B39D40 #40B364 #4056B3 #B3408F

square

#B39D40 #40B364 #4056B3 #B3408F

split-complementary

#B39D40 #408FB3 #6440B3

monochromatic

#594E20 #867530 #B39D40 #C9B667 #D9CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B39D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D40

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D40	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)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb979',
    500: '#b39d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d40;
$custom-light: #cdb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69747,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D40

secondary

#8A95C4

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D40

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

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