#B39E1E#B39E1E

#B39E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.137 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E1E
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -5.06, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 63.11, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0215 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.137 99)
XYZ	xyz(31.0533, 34.1328, 6.1807)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E1E #1E33B3

analogous

#B3541E #B39E1E #7DB31E

triadic

#B39E1E #1EB39E #9E1EB3

tetradic

#B39E1E #1EB354 #1E33B3 #B31E7D

square

#B39E1E #1EB354 #1E33B3 #B31E7D

split-complementary

#B39E1E #1E7DB3 #541EB3

monochromatic

#4A410C #7F7015 #B39E1E #DDC432 #E5D366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B39E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B39E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E1E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E1E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba68',
    500: '#b39e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e1e;
$custom-light: #ceba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69717,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.34131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E1E

secondary

#6271CB

accent

#53EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E1E

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

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