#B39D52#B39D52

#B39D52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.099 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D52
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 54.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -1.57, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 41.79, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0058 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.099 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1716, 34.3083, 12.9086)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D52 #5268B3

analogous

#B36C52 #B39D52 #98B352

triadic

#B39D52 #52B39D #9D52B3

tetradic

#B39D52 #52B36C #5268B3 #B35298

square

#B39D52 #52B36C #5268B3 #B35298

split-complementary

#B39D52 #5298B3 #6C52B3

monochromatic

#60542A #8B793D #B39D52 #C6B57D #D8CDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B39D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D52

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D52	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)

#AB9A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.099 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb984',
    500: '#b39d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d52;
$custom-light: #ccb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.392,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D52

secondary

#9BA5C6

accent

#74CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D52

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

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