#B39D42#B39D42

#B39D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D42
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -2.80, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 49.36, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0112 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.113 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6321, 34.0925, 10.0675)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D42 #4258B3

analogous

#B36542 #B39D42 #90B342

triadic

#B39D42 #42B39D #9D42B3

tetradic

#B39D42 #42B365 #4258B3 #B34290

square

#B39D42 #42B365 #4258B3 #B34290

split-complementary

#B39D42 #4290B3 #6542B3

monochromatic

#5A4F21 #867632 #B39D42 #C8B66A #D9CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B39D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B39D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D42

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D42	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb97a',
    500: '#b39d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d42;
$custom-light: #cdb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69767,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D42

secondary

#8C97C4

accent

#6CD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D42

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

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