#B39E2A#B39E2A
#B39E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B39E2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 158, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 62%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 77%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 76.5%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.13, -4.63, 59.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.13, 59.38, 94.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.78% -0.0192 0.1296) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.78% 0.131 98.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.2368, 34.2062, 7.1472) |
| Luminance | 0.3421 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.03
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.38
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.53
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.63
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.71
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B39E2A #2A3FB3
analogous
#B3592A #B39E2A #83B32A
triadic
#B39E2A #2AB39E #9E2AB3
tetradic
#B39E2A #2AB359 #2A3FB3 #B32A83
square
#B39E2A #2AB359 #2A3FB3 #B32A83
split-complementary
#B39E2A #2A83B3 #592AB3
monochromatic
#504613 #81721E #B39E2A #D4BE46 #DFD078
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.68
#B39E2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.84
#B39E2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B39E2A
7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B39E2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B39E2A | 1.00 | 2.68 | 7.84 | 7.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A12
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A132
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C19288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b39e2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.131 98.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ceba6d',
500: '#b39e2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b39e2a; $custom-light: #ceba6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b39e2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 158,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.803,
"s": 61.991,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69781,
"c": 0.13101,
"h": 98.4
},
"luminance": 0.34205
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B39E2A
secondary
#727FC7
accent
#5CE543
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#83807A