#B39E31#B39E31

#B39E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E31
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -4.32, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 56.82, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0176 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(31.3732, 34.2608, 7.8656)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E31 #3146B3

analogous

#B35D31 #B39E31 #87B331

triadic

#B39E31 #31B39E #9E31B3

tetradic

#B39E31 #31B35D #3146B3 #B33187

square

#B39E31 #31B35D #3146B3 #B33187

split-complementary

#B39E31 #3187B3 #5D31B3

monochromatic

#534917 #837424 #B39E31 #D0BB52 #DDCE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B39E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E31

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E31	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba70',
    500: '#b39e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e31;
$custom-light: #cdba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69829,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.34259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E31

secondary

#7A86C6

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E31

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

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