#B39E36#B39E36

#B39E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39E36
RGB	rgb(179, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -4.06, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 54.84, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0163 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4846, 34.3053, 8.4525)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39E36 #364BB3

analogous

#B35F36 #B39E36 #89B336

triadic

#B39E36 #36B39E #9E36B3

tetradic

#B39E36 #36B35F #364BB3 #B33689

square

#B39E36 #36B35F #364BB3 #B33689

split-complementary

#B39E36 #3689B3 #5F36B3

monochromatic

#554B1A #847428 #B39E36 #CDBA59 #DBCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B39E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B39E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39E36

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39E36	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)

#AE9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdba73',
    500: '#b39e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39e36;
$custom-light: #cdba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69868,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39E36

secondary

#808BC5

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39E36

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

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