#B39D53#B39D53

#B39D53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.098 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39D53
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -1.49, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 41.30, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0054 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.098 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2099, 34.3236, 13.1104)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39D53 #5369B3

analogous

#B36D53 #B39D53 #99B353

triadic

#B39D53 #53B39D #9D53B3

tetradic

#B39D53 #53B36D #5369B3 #B35399

square

#B39D53 #53B36D #5369B3 #B35399

split-complementary

#B39D53 #5399B3 #6D53B3

monochromatic

#61542B #8B793E #B39D53 #C6B57D #D9CDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B39D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39D53

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39D53	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)

#AB9A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.098 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb985',
    500: '#b39d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39d53;
$custom-light: #ccb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39D53

secondary

#9CA5C6

accent

#74CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39D53

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

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