#B39D4E#B39D4E

#B39D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.103 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D4E
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -1.91, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 43.74, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0072 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.103 94)
XYZ	xyz(32.0238, 34.2492, 12.1302)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D4E #4E64B3

analogous

#B36B4E #B39D4E #96B34E

triadic

#B39D4E #4EB39D #9D4EB3

tetradic

#B39D4E #4EB36B #4E64B3 #B34E96

square

#B39D4E #4EB36B #4E64B3 #B34E96

split-complementary

#B39D4E #4E96B3 #6B4EB3

monochromatic

#5E5228 #89783B #B39D4E #C5B579 #D8CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B39D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B39D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D4E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D4E	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.103 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb982',
    500: '#b39d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d4e;
$custom-light: #ccb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69905,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.34248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D4E

secondary

#98A2C5

accent

#72D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D4E

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

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