#B39E2E#B39E2E

#B39E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E2E
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -4.46, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 57.94, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0183 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3120, 34.2363, 7.5432)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E2E #2E43B3

analogous

#B35C2E #B39E2E #86B32E

triadic

#B39E2E #2EB39E #9E2EB3

tetradic

#B39E2E #2EB35C #2E43B3 #B32E86

square

#B39E2E #2EB35C #2E43B3 #B32E86

split-complementary

#B39E2E #2E86B3 #5C2EB3

monochromatic

#524815 #827321 #B39E2E #D1BC4D #DECF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B39E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B39E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E2E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E2E	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceba6f',
    500: '#b39e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e2e;
$custom-light: #ceba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69808,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E2E

secondary

#7683C6

accent

#5EE246

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E2E

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

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