#B39E33#B39E33

#B39E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E33
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -4.22, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 56.04, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0171 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4163, 34.2780, 8.0929)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E33 #3348B3

analogous

#B35E33 #B39E33 #88B333

triadic

#B39E33 #33B39E #9E33B3

tetradic

#B39E33 #33B35E #3348B3 #B33388

square

#B39E33 #33B35E #3348B3 #B33388

split-complementary

#B39E33 #3388B3 #5E33B3

monochromatic

#544A18 #837425 #B39E33 #CEBB55 #DCCE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B39E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E33

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba71',
    500: '#b39e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e33;
$custom-light: #cdba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69844,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E33

secondary

#7C88C6

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E33

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

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