#B39D50#B39D50

#B39D50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.101 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D50
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -1.74, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 42.77, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0065 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.101 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0966, 34.2783, 12.5136)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D50 #5066B3

analogous

#B36B50 #B39D50 #97B350

triadic

#B39D50 #50B39D #9D50B3

tetradic

#B39D50 #50B36B #5066B3 #B35097

square

#B39D50 #50B36B #5066B3 #B35097

split-complementary

#B39D50 #5097B3 #6B50B3

monochromatic

#5F5329 #8A793C #B39D50 #C6B57B #D8CDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B39D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D50

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D50	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.101 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb983',
    500: '#b39d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d50;
$custom-light: #ccb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69931,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D50

secondary

#99A3C5

accent

#73CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D50

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

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